The total number of men who since the introduction for compulsory ser vice have registered or are liable for Eervice is now between 200,000 and 2,750,000 men, in addition to men who were members of the regular, reserve of auxiliary forces before the war and those who have entered as volunteers since, 'The list of reserved occupations will naturally decrease the gross total of those now made lable for military service, but such exemptions are not very, numerous until the age of 25 years' is reached.
Men who registered in October have now nearly all been called up. The remainder will probably be called up the middle of January. None of those registered in December have yet been called up, but some are pected to receive notices in a week OF two, and the whole group may be absorbed by the end of February.
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