MILITARY SERVICE.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 December 1916, Page 7

MILITARY SERVICE.

ItfEX'S CIVIL OBLIGATION'S. TO 813 CONSIDERED BY CABINET.

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Dec. 2. Regarding the question of making special provision for enabling soldiers to disc'lnirge their civil obligatons, the Hon. .lames Allen to-day stated that the Military Service Boards had been requested to make a special report on eases of hardship disclosed. As a result of tho appeals on the first ballot, he hoped in a month's time to place —lifinito proposals before Cabinet.

XUMBER OF APPEALS SMALL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wellington, Nov. HO. The reservists selected at the first hallo); for service in the Expeditionary Forces were allowed a period of ten days for appeal. This period will expire on Monday next, and present indications are that the number of appeals is going to be smaller than was generally expected. Apparently the majority of the men who were picked up by the ballot are prepared to accept their fortune without cavil. A few '''religions" and "conscientons" objectors are appealing, and their eases will receive attention at the hands of the Military Service Boards in dnc course.

Reservist's vho do not intend to appeal have no legal obligation to take any action at all until they receive further notice to present themselves for medical examination. Hut Defence Headquarters states it will simplify matters for tile recruits and assist the Defence sinllinritioi if the reservists report themselves to the officer commanding the Group in which they reside. The recruiting authorities are examining carefully the cases reported to litem of men already enlisted being summoned for service under the compulsory clauses of the Act. The explanation in some cases is to be found in the earele.-sness of the reservist himself, and it is likely that in otlur cases confusion has been caused by similarity of names and insufficient addresses. H has been found, for example, that a man with two christian names has used both of them on his registration paper and only one of them when enlisting in the forces. If "John James Brown"' is, shown on the roll as a moinbev of the Reserve, tin Government Statistician will not remove the name when notified that "John Brown'' has entered camp.