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CONSCIENCE APPEALS MARRIED AND SINGLE MEN | LOW NUMBER IN LAST BALLOT j The No. 4 (Hamilton) Military District appears to have a better record in respect of appeals on conscience grounds than the Auckland Military District, as far as* the married men’s ballot figures indicate. It was announced in Auckland that among the 5564 reservists called in . the recent ballot for married men j with no children there were 71 apI peals against service on conscientious grounds. This gives a percentage of 1.28 per cent of the total number called.
Inquiry from the Hamilton Military Man Power Committee’s secretary, Mr P. J. Gallagher, shows that a total of 1422 men were called in the married men’s ballot from the No. 4 (Hamilton) Miltary District, and the total of appeals lodged was 735, including about 100 appeals lodged formally by the Director of National Service. Only 13 of the appeals were on conscientious grounds, a percenage of 1.7 on all appeals. The percentage of conscientious appeals to the total men balloted from this district is considerably below 1 per cent —approximately .8 per cent. 3 Per Cent of Single Men
Why the percentage of married men appealing on conscience grounds is so much lower than was the case in the single men’s ballots is not explained. but recently the Director of National Service stated that in the single men’s ballots approximately 3 per cent appealed on conscientious grounds.
The comment on the subject by the secretary of the Auckland Manpower Committee, Mr L. N. Harris, was that it might be due either to the gravity of the war situation’ now, or to the deeper sense of responsibility which married men possessed. The fact that rather more than 50 per cent (735 out of 1422) of the reservists drawn in the latest ballot have lodged appeals on various grounds makes it clear that married men have more responsibilities than the single men in earlier ballots, and the appeals are intsAded to clarify their position in respect to war service.
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Waikato Times, Volume 130, Issue 21654, 14 February 1942, Page 6
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