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152. Army volunteers have included only men attested before the introduction of compulsory service—i.e., October, 1940. The bulk of the Air Force and naval volunteers were also attested before this time, but several thousand under-age volunteers have entered either the Air Force or the Navy since that date. (iii) The Ballot Yields 153. Tables 5, 6, and 7 of the Appendix give details of the medical classification, area distribution, &c., of the men called in ballots Ito 23 and examined. 4,609 men included in ballot 23 do not figure in lable 7. With the exception of men graded IV—i.e., a total of 10,333 —the potential reserve of man-power up till the gazetting of the twenty-third ballot—i.e., November, 1944 —was 237,954. As both Grade II and Grade 111 men were called upon to serve with the Forces, many of their number were subsequently mobilized. The total reserve was not all mobilized, however, due to wastages from reservation under appeal in industry, conscientious objection, subsequent down-grading, desertion, imprisonment, death, &c. SECTION lII.—NET MAN-POWER INTAKE OF THE FORCES (i) Cumulative Intake of all Arms 154. From the outset of the war to the 31st March, 1945, the cumulative net intake of individuals by all Service arms was 190,000 males and 9,700 females. Due to transfers of servicemen between the various arms, the gross total of intakes for the same period stands at 218,000 males and 9,700 females. 155. The difference between the cumulative net intake of men into all Service arms and the total number attested and examined—viz., 350,000—is explained by Grades 111 and IV, &c., 60,000 ; held on appeal as at 28th February, 1945, 28,000; not posted—i.e., out of the classes being posted, and other reasons—72,ooo. 156. The table below shows the aggregate cumulative gross intake of men into all of the Service arms (including duplications through transfers, &c., estimated to total 28,000 to date) at twelve-monthly intervals from March, 1941, to date : —• Date. Up to 31st Match— Gross Intake. 1941 .. .. .. .. .. .. 113,000 3942 .. .. .. .. .. __ 145,000 1943 .. .. .. .. .. .. 192,000 1944 .. .. .. .. .. .. 208,000 1945 .. .. .. .. .. .. 218,000 157. The net intake of individual men into the Forces—i.e., not including duplicate intakes through transfers or more than one entry—is as follows :— Date. Net Intake of Up to 31st March— Individual Men. 1941 .. .. .. .. .. .. 113,000 1942 .. .. .. .. .. .. 145,000 1943 .. .. .. .. .. .. 185,000 1944 .. .. .. .. .. .. 187,000 1945 .. .. .. .. .. .. 190,000 (ii) Comparative Intakes of the Arms 158. The following table gives the details of the gross intakes, males and females, of each of the Service arms to date and at twelve-monthly intervals from March, 1941. As commented in the previous Subsection, the aggregate intakes are inflated by approximately 28,000 (to date) duplications due to transfers between the Service arms, the aggregate net intake of individuals by the Forces being only 190,000. The gross intake of men by each Service arm is as follows :—

159. As might be expected, it is apparent from this table that the Army has inducted approximately three times more than the next largest Force, the Air Force, notwithstanding the fact that at the present time the Air Force is considerably more than half as large as the Army. 160. Navy, with a total gross intake of 12,000, is small by comparison with the other Service arms, having an intake of only one-quarter that of the Air Force and about one-thirteenth of that of the Army. 2*

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Gross Intakes of Men (including Duplications through Transfers, &c.). Army. Air Force. Navy. Total. 31st March, 1941 .. .. .. 99,000 10,000 4,000 113,000 31st March, 1942 .. .. .. 115,000 25,000 5,000 145,000 31st March, 1943 .. .. .. 147,000 38,000 7,000 192,000 31st March, 1944 .. .. .. 153,000 45,000 10,000 208,000 31st March, 1945 .. .. .. 156,000 50,000 12,000 218,000