Several young draft dodgers have been tracked down during the Bermuda Regiment's extensive manhunt but more than 800 young men who shunned conscription and refused to answer the call-up this year remain at large.

A 26-year-old advertising worker and a 29-year-old Planning Department employee were netted yesterday by Sergeant-Major (Warrant Officer Second Class) Chauncey Durham.

Both men, including the planning employee, who is a married father-of-two, were ordered to appear at Warwick Camp tonight for processing.

Both men were already enlisted in the Regiment and temporarily deferred on medical grounds - the planning employee was injured half-way through Recruit Camp in 1997.

Despite previous injuries, both could have been picked up by Regimental Police since they are considered members of the Bermuda Regiment and fall within military jurisdiction.

The extensive manhunt is part of a promise Defence Department administrator Larry Burchall made last year to hunt down draft dodgers.

"These people have cars, bikes - have jobs and go on vacations. This is how we will find them," he told The Royal Gazette last year.

The planning employee said: "This isn't going to work - I'm married with two kids, I have a mortgage now."

In addition to the recent finds, five men voluntarily appeared at Warwick Camp since a Royal Gazette article on Saturday announced Mr. Burchall's manhunt.

The Bermuda Regiment is suffering from a weak retention rate and needs a surplus of recruits as experienced privates abandon the unit.

The Regiment is holding an enlistment night tonight for dodgers which starts at 6 p.m.