OBJECTS OF SCHEME
TWO MAIN POINTS The object of the Government's Voluntary National Service Scheme is two- ! fold: j (1) To fill vacancies in the various branches of military and civil defence. (2) To safeguard essential industries and services in wartime. The second object, which involves the prevention of recruitment of persons who should be retained in wartime in peaceful occupations, is the reason for the issue of a scheedulc of reserved occupations, while the first object will be achieved by the distribution of the “National Service Guide,” giving a simple description of the various services. The schedule of reserved occupations covers between six and seven million men, of whom about three million are over 45. Only about one in five of the male population between 18 and 25 is affected by the schedule. The Voluntary National Service Scheme aims at a civilian defence army of 1,200,000, also a reserve of 600,000.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 25 January 1939, Page 7
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152OBJECTS OF SCHEME Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 25 January 1939, Page 7
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