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proportionate total of embarkations from the various 

 States. Thus each State was allotted a total for training 

 in proportion to the number of men embarked from it for 

 active service abroad. It was assumed as a consequence, 

 that in each State a number equal to the number allotted 

 to it would be approved for and would succeed with train- 

 ing. This method had to be adopted, because much time 

 would have been lost in making the detailed investigation 

 necessary to decide the matter for each State separately, 

 and also in view of the fact that, even if the enlistment 

 papers for each State were examined in detail, there would 

 still remain some uncertainties as residents in some States 

 journeyed in fairly large numbers to other States to enlist, 

 for various reasons which need not be discussed here. 

 Speed in making computations was imperative, since, 

 as already mentioned, it was a matter of vital importance 

 to get the reorganised system into working order as 

 quickly as possible in view of the very large numbers of 

 men then returning to Australia. The method has been 

 justified fairly well by results. 



The total number of men to be trained in each State, 

 arrived at in the way indicated, was then subdivided 

 into a number of parts, each part corresponding with the 

 estimated absorptive capacity of one of a group of callings. 

 In Table I, the first column gives the names of the different 

 groups of callings. The columns 2 to 7, inclusive, contain 

 the numbers of men allotted to each group and the totals 

 for each State. The last column gives the total for each 

 group for the Commonwealth, whilst at the foot thereof is 

 a cross-total of State numbers and numbers in the groups. 

 The totals for each group in each State were then sub- 

 divided into the numbers to be allotted to each of the call- 

 ings, trades, or branches of the particular group. In this 

 way practically every profession, trade and skilled calling 

 in the different States of the Commonwealth had a number 



