MARRIED MEN.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 June 1918, Page 5

MARRIED MEN.

OALLING-UP riROCJBSS. CtLAgii C BAUDOT, MONDAY. The Government Statistician is steadily balloting through the roll of married reservists, and ou Monday he will proceed to..select 10,000 Class C (married men with two ,ohiMreni)> whose names will be gazetted about a week' huter, This class-is the' most numerous of the Second Division, totalling 27,000, and It ■ is expected that with the usual accretions of single men, it will last over three ballots, and cover the require' nients of three months- Then the ?Do< ■ minion will Ibe within easy reach' of the end of its man-power resources, unless there is a further extension military age, for at less than the present rate of balloting, the reserve .'will become exhausted before the end of] the year. *' As the position at present stands, the -. military authorities are hoping to*gei sufficient ships to clear;up the can»Wl ■ by September, when the Olaas B men will begin to come in in good force. ■ General reports on the results of :> fl»/ medical eraminltiona show that these Ben have a fairly (high rate of phygfoal fitness. There has been an evident misunderstanding at Blenheim regscfting the date of concentrating for men • examined at the end of last" week. Tfcey do not go into camp in July, as was reported, but on September 11. Hhe system adopted is to allow at least 'IS Weeks from the medical examination. Sometimes a batch of men, late in heing examined, will just miss the<conoen-'. tration of three months hence, audi (Bey get nearly four months' respite. This explains why many Class B men called in the first go into camp at tiie same time as other Class B men not selected until a month later. It is their good luck, and n ot anything unfair to the second batch, w<ho get their full three months. The Soldiers' Financial Board is now being faeed with wefchlly problems affecting reservists who teve earned high salaries. They are being helped i n meeting these oases by the recent decision of Cabinet that a oath grant may ho paid to meet exceptional cases, in addition ts the nuu&num of £156 per annum allowance, jwrmittsd by regulation. Of course, there ore cases where ,me n have been earning so large an income that nothing the State can do within these limits will bridge the gap. Then there remains the Military Service Board, which can be at* ' pealed to on the ground of undue hard-ship.-Hawera Star Wellington eon*, pondent. i