DEFENCE COMMISSION.
QUESTION OF EXEMPTIONSBy Telegraph.— Press Association. Wellington, May S. Captain D. C. II- Cossgrove, Director of Recruiting, stated to the Defence Expenditure Commission to-day that he did not think any of the 227 employees under him could he reduced at presentReferring to the methods of bringing (men to the Colors after tiheir names had been drawn in the ballot, the chairman asked: Are clergy essential? Witness: They are accepted as such. The Chairman: Are school teachers exempt? Witness: They are not regarded as essential. They have not taken advantage of the right to appeal. The Chairman: And Roman Catholic clergy and theological students and others have? Witness: Thev can apply to the Minister for a certificate which is accepted br a Military Service Board as sufficient evidence of their being essential, and the appeals of such men are adjourned sine die The hoard need not necessarily adjourn such an appeal sine die. Their jurisdiction is not interfered with by the Minister's certificate. Captain Cossgrove went on to say that he did not consider there was any overlapping between his work and that of the group commanders in districts, except under very special circumstances, nor was there too much centralisation in Wellington. He did not agree with •he estimate submitted to the Commission ihnt it cost the Denarthment over ■CIS.QOn. as a minimum, in about a year to send out notices to the .84,000 men drawn in the ballot. The Chairman asked: In a ca.se in which a nwn has been called in a ballot and asks for leave for an urjrent matter, "itch as finishins harvesting; do von ineicf on his proceeding to camp until the Militarv Service Board is ready to hear his anrtool? Captain Cosssrove replied: The man must go to camp
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 May 1918, Page 8
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296DEFENCE COMMISSION. Taranaki Daily News, 9 May 1918, Page 8
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