THE CALL & THE ANSWER

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2485, 11 June 1915, Page 6

THE CALL & THE ANSWER

ill :e. • * RECRUITING DECREASES iiys ot 130 PER CENT. PALL FOR THE WEEK , MEN AWAIT CHANCES ■y . Early_ this week it was pointed out in Ihe Dominion that a slump in recruitlng in the City had set in. It was 1- shown that while a. demand existed for l " rec ™f' s for the Trenthara Battalions winch were being called up at short i- notice men flocked to the colours in !mP num ' ,er3 ) and that in one week dia men registered at the Buckle Street r- 0 9 e :. l j ast week, however, thei;e was a fall of 104 in the number of men registering. That was a decrease of <3 ovor thirty per cent. This week is at dK® showing a decreaso of close on 2 130 per cent, in comparison with the lecord week quoted. Here are the figures:— Record week. This week. Monday 88 42 Tuesday 50 27 Wednesday 50 12 Thursday 33 14 r. 221 95 t . Decrease in four days, 126. d n The explanation of tha fall in regisr. trations is the lack of opportunity of •- .getting to the front immediately. There [1 aro many men anxious to serve with 0 tbe colours, but the need of their serh yices_ is not so apparent to them as > it might be while they are aware that j the City' 6 supplies of recruits is so a great that-they may not be ordered [1 into camp before the end of this year. e Moreover, the men desirous of taking up arms are keen to get into Trenthom with but littie delay. .. It is considered' that tho City now e has sufficient men on its books to fur,f nish its quota for the Tenth Eeinforcer ments to the Main. Body. If a ree cruit's first chance of proceeding to y Trontham is with the Eleventh Rein:l forcements, he mil probably not begin ,j his training this year. It is understood that the reinforcement drafts will go ;j into camp thus:— Seventh Reinforcements, Juno 14, e . ' Eighth Reinforcements, August, 1915. Ninth Reinforcements, October, 1915. 4 Tenth Reinforcements, December, 1915. Eleventh Reinforcements, February, 1916. The ardent recruit who joins now thus has prospects of reaching the firing line by the spring of 1916. An officer in fairly close touch with the recruiting campaign in New Zealand expressed the opinion yesterday r that it was the lack of opportunity to 3 commence training and get away quick- ' ly which has caused the falling-off in 1 enrolments, and he added that if a big force was wanted right away lie was certain that it would be supplied in a remarkably short time. ( I Meanwhile Wellington's rate of TegisI trations is decreasing, and the rate of , the decrease is progressive. Last even- - ing the total number of men on the ' books at the City office was 4306. Dun- > edin is improving its position, and now has about 3600 men on its register. 1 YESTERDAY'S VOLUNTEERS. The men who registered in Wellington yesterday afternoon were:— ■ 1 Geo. Turner, butcher. Horace Belcher, tailor. Daniel Twohill, olerk. , Francis M. Evans, Eastbourne. < Lionel E. Dixon, farmer. Thos. Nicol, dentist. j Albert Roberts, seaman. Ronald Hugh Blair, grocer. Leslie Primmer, coacnbuilder, Hunterville. i Cuthbert Owen Carr, insurance clerk, j Robert Gribben, labourer, Martin- i borough. , Wm. F. Lowe, labourer, Martinbor- , ough. Geo. Collins, horse-trainer, Miramar. ] Ellis Edwin Earnshaw, telegraphist, t Trentham Camp. j