AN ACUTE PROBLEM.
MEN DISCHARGED FROM CAMP. GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY Press Assnf.iatinn. 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, the opinion being expressed that the medical examination is inadequate. Numerous instances were quoted of men, after being only a few weeks in eamp, breaking up and being discharged, then returning to this city and.becoming a burden on the Patriotic Fund which the association has in hand for assisting returned men.
The Government was criticised for repudiating all responsibility with 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 the next meeting.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 962, 12 March 1917, Page 11
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129AN ACUTE PROBLEM. Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 962, 12 March 1917, Page 11
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