SECOND DIVISION,

Grey River Argus, Volume 05, 5 July 1917, Page 3

SECOND DIVISION,

FINAL CLASSIFICATION

(Per Press Association.)

'WELLINGTON. July 4

The final classification for the Second .Division -Expeditionary Force Reserve was notified in the form of a Gazette Extraordinary issued this afternoon. The division is aivided .into six classes, according to the number of children, as previously /announced, with the important addition of the phrase "For the time being." In other words, provision is made for altering- the classification of a reservist in accordance with any increase in the number of his children or depletion by death.

The Gazette also defines the position of a reservist in relation to illegitimate children and directs that any reservist, who has lost a son as the result of service in His Majesty's naval or military forces durine". the present war shall have that son counted as if he were still livine\

A further Gazette Extraordinary, issued at the same time., mnkes it comnulsorv for a Second Division Reservist tn notify r>nv Hvinro in rKn/U'tinn' T-<-ordincr to thr> rmriibev of rliiiHrfi. The obiert of that is to enable the nnvernment Stnti^if'sin to fWprniine the r'^sses «-o -\x-iii^h reservists be'nnjr for the time being.