Conscripts
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Natives Are Conscripts
All natives in New Caledonia and her surrounding islands are to become military conscripts at the age of 20. The first con scripts will enter barracks next January.
This was announced in Nou mea in July.
At the moment New Cale donian youths serve a two-year term at the age of 18 but there have been local complaints that the term is excessive and that a lot of the two years is simply time wasted.
A New Caledonian delegation to a recent economic conference in Paris sought a substantial re duction in the term, but no announcement has been made.