WAR BADGES.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 February 1916, Page 5

WAR BADGES.

X;nt r-TSTINCT TYPES. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington. Last Night. Tfie Recruiting Board held a long meeting to-day. . Tlie Board deeded to issue four distinctive badges, ns follows: (1) For men who have enlisted and are waiting to he called up.—A khaki ami badge bossed with a red crown. (•2) For men honorably discharged from the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.— A scarlet badge embossed with a yellow crown. (3) For men who have offered to serve but have been rejected as unable to fulfil the Defence Department requirements.—A French grey arm badge embossed with a light green crown. (4) For Bie« who have been retained for services in the Dominion for manufacture or production or other reasons.— A light blue arm badge embossed with a white crown.

WORK OF THE BOARD SPEEDING UP RECRUITING (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wellington, Feb. 9. The members of the Recruiting Board very pleased with the progress of their operations. It is true that several local bodies have refused to take part in the new recruiting campaign, but the vast majority of the persons approached by the Board have hastened to express their readiness to help in every way in their power. The recruiting committees are coming into existence quickly in all parts of the country, knd when the Government Printing Office has com f : pleted the printing of the alphabetic*::/ lists of men of military age for the use of the committees the scheme will be fairly on its feet. It may be mentioned, by the way, that the Board does not expect the local bodies to take over the actual work of securing recruits; their duty is to form organisations capable of doing the work, and though the members of the local bodies probably will wish to share the labor, they naturally will secure the co-operation of many other persons in their districts. The Board is counting upon the loyal assistance of the existing recruiting organisations.