C1 CAMP.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1014, 6 November 1917, Page 6

C 1 CAMP.

(Siecjai. r ro “Standard.”) WELLINGTON, Nov. 5. The; special Medical Board which U examining the (.' men dealt with 1455 reservist* up to the end of October. ( >1 theo- üb> were declared lit, and 637 unfit. Hue lit men comprised 1% fit for training m (fie A camps' (the 'ordinary military camps), and 622 men" passed as suitable buy training m die (,T eamp at Tauhereuikau. ’I he preipor lion of lit men among the reservist,.; examined iii the course of this “combing ove-i process is legimfi-d as -very satisfaciory. The .LI eamp eontained 903 men on (K-lo he r 27, this tiiiiubei' including reeruils v. lio had been traiVfcrrcd froin ybe oidmaiw camps for speeial training. The camp had then been open for lour weeks, and the number of men discharged as unfit has been 35. Transfers of men graded as lit to the A camps lias begun, but. (he process had not proceeded far enough to justity t l:o basing of conclusions on tin* figures. 'I he indications are rliat the camp will ly abundantly justified by the results it will produce. The medical officers report, that, the improvement of the physique of the recruits in many cases has been surprisingly rapid.