NATIONAL REGISTER AND RECRUITING

Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 78, 1 April 1916, Page 5

NATIONAL REGISTER AND RECRUITING

10 THE KDITOK. Sir,—l believe it, was staged, both by circular and responsible Ministers of the Crown, that any person who. failed to fill in his National Registration form was liable to prosecution and a heavyfine? So far as my limited experience and vision goes, I have not noticed that any person has been brought before the. Court to answer this charge, and I would like to see The Post take this matter up, so that it can be discussed publicly. I have noticed that in the reports of meetings of several county councils the opinion has been expressed that the lists supplied by the new Recruiting Board (presumably culled from the National Register statistics) have been useless, being mostly made up of married men, who naturally stated they would go if called upon. According to newspaper reports, councillors have stated at these meetings that the eligible men have been lacking from these lists,' leading one to think that either these eligible men have not filled in their National Register papers, or else the statistics in connection with them have not been properly compiled. I am presuming that the National Register has now been completed and compiled, seeing that lists have been supplied for the information of recruiting bodies.—l am, etc., INTERESTED. fAn editorial article to-day refers to this matter.]