MEN IN BALLOT

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 263, 4 October 1940, Page 4

MEN IN BALLOT

ARRANGEMENTS SET OUT. ISSUING OF NOTICES. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Oct. .‘I. In a statement issued by Army Headquarters regarding men called by the ballot, attention is drawn to the fact that a man who is called, provided his name and address are correctly shown in the Gazette, is not required to take any further action until lie receives a notice from the Army Office to report lor medical examination or some other purpose. In many cases men who are called by the ballot have applied to join the Air Force, but it sliould be noted that arrangements have been made to defer in t'he meantime the medical examinat'on of such men lor Territorial Force purposes. Those who come within the following groups will be deferred until it is known whether they are accepted by the Air Force: (1) Men awaiting selection; (2) selected but not yet medically examined; (3) selected and medically examined but not yet attested in the R.N.Z. A.F. Reserve: It anv man included in the above groups should receive a notice from the Arinv he should at.once communicate with the nearest Army office and act in accordance with the instructions Which lie will then receive. In addition, it is possible in a few cases that men already attested in the R.N.Z. A.F. Reserve have been included in the ballot. These men will not be called up for the Territorial Force and should at once communicate with the nearest Army office. It is also proposed to defer the medical examination of men who have previously been medically examined for the Army and there is no need for such men to take any action until they receive notice from the Army office.

The main object of this statement is to advise t'he men referred to in the above classes that they should wait for orders from the Army and refrain from calling or communicating with the Army Department. A large amount of correspondence has already been received and this is causing much unnecessary work which it is desired to avoid. It is also pointed out that if a man’s address is incorrectly shown in the Gazette, or in the notice of liis having been drawn in the ballot which has been sent to him by the Director ot National Service, he is required to notify the director and the nearest Army office promptly his correct address.