THE TWENTY-FOURTHS

Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13353, 2 December 1916, Page 4

THE TWENTY-FOURTHS

■♦ FULL DRAFT FROM NO. 4 GROUP. On Tuesday, the 12th inst. the December draft towards the TwerTty-fourth ii ...loiVcmciiu io,m J\o. 4 group were to go into the training camps ai Trentha.ii and t'eatherston. inert is no iliat the announcement mat tne baiiot was to take effect io mi up siioruge., nas had a good effect upon the recruiting Situation. the stir whicn uas cauiod lasi month caused men iu nurry torward with the eleventh hour i ( .sn, and me outcome uas been that tuu Uccenber requirements Horn tiu.< end have been supplied, -uen snu nave the oppouunity ot voluntce. ing, out uiose wuo pass tne medical examination must attest at once, it they nope to escape lite bahot, as tne authorises aie kept in constant cognisance of tue men who are attested tor either the immediately loiiowing draft or its successor. Un.y two dratts can be available, and the enlistment period is tempo a ily closed tor both dratts, at a convenient period betore i\y departure of tne tirst. CHRISTMAS AT HOME. TO GO INTO CAMP IN JANUARY. (By Telegraph— .Press Association). WELLING TON, Sa turdav. Hon. Jas. ALen, Minister for 'Defence, stated to-day that arrangements had been made tor the 24th reinforcements to go into camp in the first week in January instead ot before Christmas. This was in order to allow sufficient time for the medkal exemption of the men, and the work_of the military service boards; also in order to give the training staffs at the camps a well-earned rest. DRAWN BY BALLOT. , MEpiCAL BOARD'S SITTINGS. # The Medical Board, which has been appo.nted undir the terms of the Military Service Act to deal-with recruits in the Auckland province upon whom the lot of the ballot has fallen, will open its sittings on Monday morning in Hamilton. The Board has some 2GO recruits to deal with from No. 4 group, and will be occupied over Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The first batch of 100 mm have been notified to parade at 8.30 on Monday at the Defence office in Knox srteet.