THE TERRITORIALS.
THE NUMBER OF DEFAULTERS. Per Press Association. Wellington, May 31. Interviewed on the matter of shirty ers under the Territorial system, General Godley said the difference between the number of young men who had registered and the number who were actually training; was something in the region of 11,000. The discrepancy could be explained by the fact that some of those who had been registered had not yet been posted: in fact there would probably be about 4000 posted next month. Others were not serving because there was no room for them in the Territorial force. They were drafted into rifle clubs and other auxiliary forces, ome were medically unfit and others live in exempted areas.
General Oodley said the return of defaulters would be presented to Parliament in about a month; the number was not large. Instructions had been issued to trace men who shift their addresses from one end of the town to another, after informing the department they h«ve loft /or another part of the Dominion.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 1, 2 June 1913, Page 5
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171THE TERRITORIALS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 1, 2 June 1913, Page 5
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