FINAL REMINDER.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17274, 15 September 1916, Page 5

FINAL REMINDER.

TO MEN OF MILITARY AGE..

DUTY OF ENROLMENT. The following message has been received from the chairman of the Recruiting Board: — The Recruiting Board desires to give a final reminder to men of military age of the duties imposed on them in connection with tho enrolment of the Expeditionary Force Relerve. Certain men seem to be still hi some doubt about their duties under the Military Service Act. The posters, placards, advertisements, news paragraphs and lantern slides have ex-\ plained that the task of tho Government Statistician is to havo a complete inventory of the military manpower of Aew Zealand. .tie lias to ascertain the numbers of men eligible tor service in dcience of tneir country and tneir addresses. A personal onua is on every man of military ago to be properly enrolled in tne jutpeuitionary fcuice Keserve, anu to report, promptly any caange of audress tnat may iiu-u piace thereafter. Ji.acii reservist must give unmistakable iniormation to enaule the authorities to keep in touch with him. Persons who BUift about from one district to another must tane all reasonable precautions to enable the BUtaorities to coniinuiucato wuli them without avoidable loss of time. Vaguo jiudresses, such as " care of posi oineo," ire not acceptable. They ao not comply with tlw Act. D'or then* own protection reservists must apply for certuicates of enrolment, 'luey are advised to be content temporarily with the acknowledgment cards. if they do not receive acknowledgment caids within a reasonable time alter forwarding tneir applications they shouid at once communicate again with tho Government rkatisticiau. Tho Statistician's oilice is working at very high pressure on tasKs which have to be done satisfactorily and completely iii one operation. *irst comes the enrolment and next, is tne Lsue of certificates of enrolment. Everything will bo done carefully and tboiou&hiy in time, but ail things cannot be uono at once. Third in order of urgency is the treatment of certificate of rejection or exemption already held by number* ol reservists. 'lhe original certificates should be posted by registered letter to the Government Statistician, so that tae register may be endorsed with the fact, that th<.se reservists have previously volunteered and uot been accepted for service. The reservists concerned, however, are advised to defer the posting for tnreo or four weeks. If the documents are sent on now they must await their turn, which sannot come for three or four weeus till other more urgent matters have received attention. t't is also open now to any man who has previously, volunteered and not bjen accepted, because of medical un- j fitness, to apply to the commandant [ under section 7, sub-section 2 of the Military Service Act, for his discharge from the reserve. He should in his application state the number or date and office of issue of his rejection certiricate. It is proposed in every case to ask the reservist who thus applies for the discharge to go before a medical board for re-examination. On the report of such board the commandant will determine whether or not a discharge from the reserve is to be granted.