128 JAMES NANGLE. 



a meat inspector, who, by reason of his war injury, was 

 unable to follow his pre-war occupation as a butcher. 



The Selection Officers were directed to try and discover, 

 on the lines suggested, just what would be the best calling 

 to put each applicant into, and having made their decision, 

 to try and convince the man that the calling chosen would 

 be the best for him. Selection Officers were, however, 

 cautioned against forcing any man into training for a trade 

 or calling against his will. In actual practice, however, it 

 was very seldom that, having proceeded on the lines as 

 suggested, the Selection Officer was unable to convince a 

 man that the trade suggested would be the best. On 

 reviewing the result of the work of the Selection Officers, 

 it certainly does seem that they did their work well. Of 

 course, they made many mistakes. It was inevitable that 

 they should do so, but, on the whole, they managed to get 

 the men very well suited. Many visitors, capable of judg- 

 ing and offering useful criticism, after looking at the men 

 at work in the various workshops and classrooms, expressed 

 the opinion that the outstanding feature of the whole train- 

 ing scheme was the apparent suitability of the men for the 

 trades for which they were being trained. The greatest 

 proof, however, of the wisdom shown in selecting the men 

 for training, appears from the fact that already 8,735 men 

 have passed through training, and are earning a standard 

 rate of wage as journeymen in the callings for which they 

 were trained. 



One feature worthy of notice is that medical opinion and 

 advice were available when selections were being decided 

 upon. Such assistance was, of course, indispensable when 

 deciding upon a calling for an injured man, but help of this 

 kind was by no means without value in settling the cases 

 of many who would be classed under the regulations of the 

 Department as uninjured. Medical officers showed a keen 



