THE SPECIAL FORCE.
PLANS FOR ENCAMPMENT.
Per Press Association
■WELLINGTON, Sept. 25
All 6600 officers and men comprising the special military force for service in New Zealand or overseas will, in accordance with , the present arrangements, be iu camp by October 6. Officers and n.c.o.’s have already received their notices, and tho selection ol other ranks is being made and the men will receive notice-s this week instructing them when they are to enter camp.
The units will proceed to the various camps in the Dominion from October 3 to October 6.
Up to Saturday night the total enrolments were 13,078, of whom 10,015 had been medically examined. Of tiffs total 5968 were declared fit, 2758 temporarily unfit, and 1289 permanently unfit. Many temporarily unfit men have since been clashed as fit after dental treatment. It is anticipated > that at least three-quarters of the temporarily unfit recruits will eventually qualify for the fit class for a similar reason.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 253, 25 September 1939, Page 8
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