CALL TO THE COLOURS.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15773, 14 December 1916, Page 6

CALL TO THE COLOURS.

THE FIRST BALLOT

MEDICAL EXAMINATION

Yesterday the first- medical examination in Christ-church of men called ap under the ballot was held by the Canterbury Medical Board, when 08 men presented themselves. Loss than a dozen of those notified to attend 1 ailed to put in an appearance. On Satur day the remainder of the nun who have not appealed will be examined. The number of the men passed as fit yesterday was not available last night. Those men who have appealed against being called up for service, cannot be medically examined until their appeals have been heard. A number of appeals have been received by the Canterbury Military Service Board, and these will be adjudicated upon next Tuesday and Wednesday. . . As soon as the medical examinations are over, the local authorities forward ail names to Wellington, and the military authorities there will hand the names of defaulters to the Justice Department. in order that the police may arrest them, and send them straight into camp. All members of the permanent stair who are in the First Division and have not already seen active service, have received notice to report themselves at. camp for the purpose of being posted to the Reinforcements. This does not apply to members of tho temporary staff. Last night two members of the Christchiirch quota of the 24th Reinforcements, F. W.■ G. Rule and • Douglas, left for Trentham. Two other men, who aro stated €0 have been called up under Section 35 of the Military Service Act. were also notified to leave for ramn last evening, but failed to put in nn appearance, and have accordingly been posted as defaulters. Only three men registered in Christchurch yesterday for active service. They requested that their names bo not published. WELLINGTON MILITARY SERVICE j BOARD. (press association* tei.kgbam.) MASTERTON, December 13. At a. sitting of the Wellington Military Scrvice. Appeal Board to-day, the appeal of Eric Foreman, ploughman and waggoner, under Section 35 of tho Military Service. Act, was dismissed. Tho "appeal of Norman Frederick Fort— lan, stock manager, under the same section, was deferred, while the appeal of Robert George Foreman, farmer was dismissed. The appcal'of Albert Laurence Rose, farmer, of Mangatainoka, was dismissed, while that of his brother, Gorck". Foley Rose, farmer, was deferred. he Board returns to Wellington tomorow. THE SECOND DIVISION. QUESTION OF CLASSIFICATION. \t a deputation to the Hon. James Allen at Dunedin, on Tuesday, Colonel Stoneham raised the question of the classification of the men in the Second Division of the Reserve. He instanced the case of a man with a wife and four children who was desirous of arranging his affairs to enable him to go when called upon, and pointed out that in the Second Division there were men with one child and men with seven or eight children. It would surely be unfair to conscript the man with the large family while the man' with one child remained. The Hon. Mr Allen replied that his own ffceling was in favour of the classification of the Second Division. For oDe thing there was tho economic reason that it was better for the State to take the man with the smaller responsibility before the oth.Gr roan, as it would entail less expense. There were other reasons why the man with one child should be put in the ballot before the man with four, five,. or six children.