Conscription In Dominion

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 143, 18 June 1940, Page 8

Conscription In Dominion

OVER 16 YEARS Man-Power Will Be Called In Classes HOME AND OVERSEAS (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. Compulsory national service on the part of all persons resident in the Dominion over 16 years of age is provided for in the National Service Emergency Regulations made to-day by the Governor-General-in-Council. Those enrolled will constitute a general reserve, said the Prime Minister, the Hon. P. Fraser, in explanation of the regulations, which have been issued under the Emergency Regulations Act. Reservists may be required to join the armed forces for duty overseas or for home service, or may be called upon to undertake any other kind of national service within the Dominion which is essential, and which they are capable of performing. The procedure for calling men up for the armed forces will be mainly on the lines followed during the Great War. A register will be set up and divided into classes according to conjugal status, domestic responsibilities, age and locality. One or more of the different classes may be called up by proclamation by the Governor-General, and on this being done the Director of National Service will issue certificates of enrolment to all reservists in the enrolled class or classes. Selections will be made by ballot and appeal boards will be set up to deal with appeals. It is provided that voluntary recruitine may be stopped. 6