TRACKING DEFAULTERS.
FIRST WARRANTS ISSUED. TRIALS TO BE BY COURT MARTIAL. Press Association. "WELLINGTON, February 19. Steps are now being taken immediately lo enforce the Military Service Act against defaulters who have failed to comply with its provisions. The first warrants for offences against fne Act were issued at Wellington to-day, and are now being executed. A similar course is to be followed in other districts. Defaulters under the Act are divided into two classes: (1) Those who neglect or refuse to attend medical examination; and (2) those who, after being medically examined, neglect or refuse to parade for going into camp. . . r , ; Those in the. first class will be arrested and sent to District Headquarters for trial by court martial, and those in the second class will be arrested and sent in custody to camp, where they will be dealt with.
Proceedings of the courts martial "will be open to the Press. The penalty may vary from two years' hard labour to a reprimand.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 944, 19 February 1917, Page 11
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165TRACKING DEFAULTERS. Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 944, 19 February 1917, Page 11
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