HALT!

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 141, 17 February 1915, Page 2

HALT!

NEW EECUITTWG SYSTEM. FOSTERS AND CARDS. The now system of registration of applicants for service in the Koinforcemeats of tlio Now Zeaalnd .Lxped.itionarv Force is to bo brought into action immediately. The necessary posters and cards are now being distributed, ami it will no longer be necessary for recruits to seek out the various defence officers to hand in therr names. Cards will lie available at every post-office in the Dominion, where they may be obtained by applicants, filled in, and posted (free of charge) to the nearest recruiting officer.

Conspicuous posters will bo displayed at all post-offices and other public places. The poster is addressed to “The manhood of Now Zeaalnd between the ages of 20 and 40 years,” and is headed, by the word “HALT’ 'in bold red'typo. The poster proceeds: — “Your Empire calls you. and Eng-

land expects —I In order to maintain a regular supply of reinforcements for the New Zeaalnd Expeditionary Force, every man of the required age who is a British subject, and is medically fit, owes a duty to his Empire. Registrar

your name as a recruit to serve your King anti Country. Due to the patriotism of your forefathers, England is today able to assert the principle of justice and right. Are you, by your neglect, going to deprive our Empire of this privilege and power?” The poster then sets out the rates of pay under - which recruits will serve, and sets out the various qualifications necessary in the way of height, weight, age, and medical fitness. Full instructions as to the method of application are also given. There is a special injunction to applicants not to give up work until they are ordered to do so. The poster concludes: “Don’t feel for

I '. ' duty when your Empire's existence do- I

j pended on your help! I The process of registration ami c>i llstm.cnt is very simple. On application j at any post-office or defence office the | recruit will receive a printed card fo.' I filling in. He is oliged to give full par- ! tleulars of his name, age, occupation, state (mavierd or single), previous mili- | tary experience, number of days’ noj tire required to arrange private affairs jif accepted, etc. Receipt of this card I will be acknowledged by the recruiting officer, the acknowledgment containing a further warning to the applicant not to give up his civil employment. Later on a further notice will Vic sent to the | recruit, informing him when he is required to attend for medical examination. (Should the recruit be passed as fit he will then be notified of the date of his departure for Trentharn, and f. i warning is added that should he fail to ' attend at the time ordered he will rej quire to notify the Defence officer -it ' once; otherwise his name will be struck off the list of those offering for service. Of course, in such a case, there is nothing to prevent applicant from volunj leering again. A sot of books based on 1 the information conveyed on the cards is sent to covry Defence Office, so that a complete record is kept of every application. It is hoped that the new system will work more smoothly than that which lias so far been in force, and, further, that it will attract recruits some distance away from the Defence Offices.