THIRTEEN MORE ENLISTMENTS

Southland Times, Issue 23946, 12 October 1939, Page 4

THIRTEEN MORE ENLISTMENTS

RECRUITS TO LEAVE THIS WEEK EXAMINATIONS BY MEDICAL BOARD Thirteen enlistments in the special force for service within New Zealand or overseas were received at the Invercargill defence headquarters yesterday, bringing the total number of enlistments up to 830. These include those who have failed to pass , the Medical Board's examination. There were two sittings of the Medical Board yesterday when 31 recruits were examined. The board will sit again today. Seventy-three recruits will leave for Burnham by the express on Friday morning and another 90 will leave by the Sunday night train en route for Trentham and the Waikato. The following were yesterdays enlistments:—

Gibbs, John Thomas, saw mill hand,

Clinton. Hall, William, cook, Moa Flat, Heriot. Ivey, Ned Seymour, labourer, Athol. Mayston, Herbert George, clerk, Gora. McArthur, Peter, electrical wireman, Albion street, Mataura. McDonald, John, stoker, Herbert street. McDowell, Samuel John, mechanic

.McQuarrie street. Plato, Thomas, Public Works employee,

Te Anau. Smyth, Charles Henry Lockwood, labourer, Lakewood, Owaka. Vincent, Verdun, garage attendant, Bamborough road. Walker, Eric Rutherford, farmer,

Heriot White, Duncan Urquhart, civil engineer, Hollyford. Wright, William Harry, linesman, Makarewa.

Fourteen recruits were examined by the Medical Board for the Gore district at Gore yesterday, and of this number eight were passed as fit. Three were classed as temporarily unfit, and three were held over for further examination.. The board expressed its appreciation of the excellent arrangements at the Gore Returned Soldiers’ Association club and the valuable assistance given by the secretary (Mr G. L. Gerken) and other members of the association. WARNING ISSUED FALSE AGE GIVEN BY RECRUITS A serious warning against making false declarations when enlisting in the special force has been issued by the Canterbury Area staff officer, Major H. M. Foster. There have been several cases where men under age have enlisted, giving their age as 21, have been medically examined, and had dental work, carried out before their real age was discovered. It has now been found that at least one youth under 21 has managed to get away to camp with the main draftin this particular instance a North Island camp. Major Foster pointed out that the registration form which all recruits were required to fill in asked certain definite questions. It was essential that great care should be taken in answering these questions. The age limits for the special force were clearly indicated, and to give the wrong date might caught considerable difficulty for the registration office, the man himself, ana, if he was a minor, for his parents. In these cases it was obvious that, in addition to inconvenience to the department, the man had incurred expense which he or his parents would have to meet.

COMPULSORY SERVICE ADVOCATED

(United Press Association)

DUNEDIN, October 11. The executive of the Returned Soldiers’ Association passed a resolution unanimously that the quotas tor the special force should be raised by compulsory service of all men of military age.