MILITARY SERVICE
RELAXATION Ol' MEDICAL TEST. (Per United Press Association.) DUNEDIN, March 12. At a meeting of the Patriotic Association to-day the question of sending medically defective men to camp was discussed at length, opinions being expressed that the medical examination was inadequate. Numerous instances were quoted of men, after being only a few weeks in camp, breaking up and being discharged, returning to this city and becoming a burden on the patriotic fund, which the Association has in hand for assisting returne.d men. The Government were criticised for repudiating all responsibility in regard to men discharged from camp, and a committee was appointed to go thoroughly into the matter, and also into the, question of increased allowances for soldiers dependents, and report to next meeting.
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Southland Times, Issue 17972, 13 March 1917, Page 5
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126MILITARY SERVICE Southland Times, Issue 17972, 13 March 1917, Page 5
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