THIRD EDITION
SEGREGATION CAMP
THIRTIETHS NOW MOBILISING
NEW EXPERIMENT BEING TRIED
The mobilisation of the 30th Reinforcements is being proceeded with this week. The men as they arrive are being equipped at Trentham, and are then being sent on to Taaherenikau, where they are being quartered in segregation camps. There are four of these camps in all, each being set apart for the recruits from a particular military district. The whole of the four are canvas camps, and are separated one from the other by a space of about 200 ft. The men will occupy these camps for a month, receiving elementary instruction during that period. They will then be transferred to the permanent training camps to do the remainder of their training.
The object of the segregation is to prevent the recruits from the different districts intermixing, and thereby spreading infection, which any particular section might happen to bring in. The segregation of men on mobilisation being an entirely new departure in military procedure, the results will be watched with not a little interest. It is proposed to continue the system in New Zealand throughout the winter months. The local quota, about 320 strong, is parading at the Drill Hall, Budklestreet, this afternoon, and will leave for Trentham to-morrow by the 7 a.m. train.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 128, 30 May 1917, Page 8
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215THIRD EDITION Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 128, 30 May 1917, Page 8
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