RECRUITING SYSTEM

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13697, 29 May 1915, Page 8

RECRUITING SYSTEM

DEFENDED BY MINISTER

i. ""' (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, .last night: Suggestions have been made m variI ous. quarters that the establishment of i auxiliary recruiting camps m various parts of the country, to which men could be sent as soon as they enlisted. ' instead of having to wait until called upon' to enter Trentham, would be de- ; -arable. I . To-day, the Minister for Defence made remarks upon the matter. ;V"We have adopted a system of registration," said Mr Allen, "and it has been working admirably." The registration system means that men who register their names are ready to {jive their services whenever they are called upon. They i are advised, when'signing the registration cards, that they are not meanwhile to leave their employment; "that they- will or e t due notice when to .go up for medical examination, and when to go into camp. * Any agitation that is created! to upset this arrangement is -against the best interests of ' the country and against recruiting. It is obvious" that the industries' of the country should be carried on without any interference; so lonp: as tho Department cari assist, this end, and to call men away from employment before they are needed would only reduce the productive capacity of the country. Further'^ we have made arrangements for training men m camp, and have provided a staff for the purpose, and it would not only be inconvenient, but impolitic and unsatisfactory, and instruction would he unsatisfactory if we were to establish any other than: at Trentham.- 1 'Ah. '.aware there are Home men. who will not strictly obey orders, and who trive up their work m expectation that they can go immediately into camp. Wo can only take them m at definite periods, otherwise; the organisation is upset 1 r" j He wanted to remind the country (hat they did not' want recruits all at once. They had to look-twelve months, or possibly two years ahead, for n continual supply every two months.