POSITION OF C 2 MEN.
■» IN' SE&OND DIVISION. The Ministei- of Defence (the Hon Sir James Allen) stated yesterday tha "there was iio intention at present t Htave a medical ve-examination of th C 2 men m the Second Division. I Avas impossible to say, however, Avha •would have. to be done as the war con tinued. He could bind neither himself as Minister for Defeiice, nor sthe Gov eminent with regai-d to the ultima t< future. The war was a fight to a. finisl with. Germany, and to achieve victorj fpr the BritisK Empire might requir< eventually all available resources of mam-power ami niaterial. To safeguarc the State they might have to call foi active service men who were not with m the bounds of present needs. Th< Umpire must fight on and on to th« best of its ability, with whatevei strength was available. It was, therefore, impossible to-day to lay down a Tigid a'ule which might practically, mean total cxemptunv for men who were only temporarily vmfit , for v active service- acoordiiig'to - the present standards of examinatiop..
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14610, 21 May 1918, Page 3
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180POSITION OF C2 MEN. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14610, 21 May 1918, Page 3
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