THE URGENT CALL

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2599, 22 October 1915, Page 6

THE URGENT CALL

CITY'S TASK ? LIST OF IMMEDIATE NEEDS N.C.O/S FOR ELEVENTH ' ■-. ? '. " i More men for the infantry and l the mounted branches of the military service are, it appears from inquiry made yesterday, urgently wanted in Wellington. The City has a stiff task ahead, for, in addition to its quota, it is being once againasked to' make up shortages .On several - occasions • within about a ■week,' urgent calls for . men to fill gaps Vavo been given over to the City office to mcet. This will entail a big effort j»h Wellington if it is to-supply its jjuota for' the Tenth Reinforcements, .Ivhicii go-into camp, in the middle of fiext 1 month." The immediate demands im the City office are:— "

To fill shortages in 9th ......... 80 Quota for 10th ..................... 341 Hospital' Ship 6 N.C.Oi's for 11th ......; 28 ; Total .......................... 455 The men wanted to mako good the shortages aro: Artillery, 2; mounted, 6; infantry, 70; carpenter, 1; driver,, 1. •Men willing to Jill a gap are to parade at Garrison Hall this morning, to go into camp., ... The N.C.O.'s for-the Eleventh Reinforcements <aro to go into- camp on Tuesday. They are now being called up. ' .- . Maoris willing to enlist in the Second Reinforcements for the Maori. Contingent: are wanted in Wellington. Those who sign on and pass the. doctor will ho sent to Palmerston North next Tuesday, where the draft is. to concentrate - prior to proceeding to Auckland. As there were on "Wednesday evening. (according to, official figures published in yesterday s Dominion) 471 men on the books of the City Recruitjng Office it may be thought that our im- ' mediate requirements of. 455 men are already in'hand. That is not so. Not many of the 471, it is stated, aro avail•.'ablo for the infantry or the mounted branches. For instance, there are approaching 400 ambulauce men on the waiting list. Moreover, the 471 includes.."unfits."

.Of. tlie • twenty-eight- n.0.0.'s for the i Eleventh the following hare accepted i the offer to undergo training V Signal Service-:, C. H. Begg. . : Ambulance; A. E. Porry. . Engineers: P. R. Angus, S. 0. E. Criffen, 11. G. Burt, A: D. Macdonald. . Artillery: W. J. Peek, L. O. Carborry, Li. 0. Hacon. ; Mounted: R. H. Greville, L. G. Saylor, E.-'Gibbs, P. Howden. • Infantry: L. A. Golding, S. W. Briiar, — Woodward, — Hammond, F. W. Bezer. ■ • _ Candidates for tho Hospital Shin are to parade at Garrison Hall next Saturday morning, wlien a selection will bo anndo bv the P.M.O. (Major Elliott). 1 City Recruiting Office received ■word yesterday from District Headquarters," Palmerston North, to the effect that- in future the names of recruits are not to ■be published. _ Only the numbers of enlistments will bo given out. .

, , YESTERDAY'S RECRUITS. The men who returned their medical papers in Wellington yestorday were:— . Manuel Desema, labourer, City (infantry). William Frederick- Brittian, labourer (mounted). Robert Pitts, labourer, City (infan-" try). Frank Branchi, labourer,. City (A.S.C.). Frederick Charles Taylor, labourer, City (infantry). Thomas Folan, cook, Now town (Medical Corps).' 'i ' . Henry Hayman Cook, optician, City '(Artillery). . ' George B. Cummings, warehouseman, City (artillery). George Henry Carr, storeman, City (infantry). . " '• John Cashman, fitter, Petone (artillery). . Horace Stanyon, tinsmith, Newibwn '(artillery).' ' , William Honry Hamilton, druggist's [iassistant, City (artillery). : "Willie H. D. Mills, clerk, City ; '(mounted). i Edison Thomas Morsa, driver, Newtown (mounted). ' , Thomas Arthur Clator, clerk, City '(mounted). V James M'Alpine, seaman, City (infantry). • 1 . 4 . Cecil Ernest Webb, Civil Servant, Newtown (infantry). ' . John Nicholas Lawson, horse-breaker, City (infantry). ; Henry Hector Chittenden, fitter, City "(infantry). , Alfred Miners,, labourer, City (infantry). ' ' Henry W. Biddle, blacksmith, City '(infantry). '■ '.Michael Harrison, painter, City (infantry). . , Eric W. Ward, telegraphist, City (Ar- ' "tillery). " Alex B. Grondinj fitter, City (Artillery). ' Noil D. M'Lean, shipping clerk, City '(Artillery). Robert C. Wyisocki, tailor, City (Artillery). ' Joseph Morrell, engineer, City (ar- , jtillcry). 1 Claude V. Pell, Civil Servant, Karon '(A.S.C.). John S. -Taffray, salesman, City '(mounted). . John Alarslv.il], motor-driver, Seatoun '(niouhted). Geoffrey Sliaw, clerk, City (infantry). A leer Lawson, gardener, City (infantry). '

Ernest Henry Minifie, tramways timekeeper. Newtown (Hospital Ship). David' Cowie, sailor, f City (infantry). Edmund Denticu, stage employee, City ■'■'(infantry). Adri'in H. L. Treadwell, law clerk, CTtv (Hospital Shin). Norman B. Sutcliffo (Ambulance). Arthur F.'Clark, clerk, City (A.S.C.). Frank B. Ensor, plumber, Citv '(A.S.C.). Robert Surtees, driver, Silverstream (A.S.C.). . Frank C. Palmer, driver, Silverstream '(A.S.C.). Alex W. Muir, Civil Servant, City •(A.s:c.). Charles M'Kavanagh, clicker. City "(A.S.C.). • L. M. Jenkins, saddler, Shannon •'(Veterinary Corps). / Richard G. Morgan, driver, Newtown .'(infantry). ; Leo. F. Murphy, seaman, city (artil]erv). * Geo. Miller, Public Trust Clerk, city (artillery). . , AVm. Geo. Benning, dental student, Blenheim (ambulance). Reg. A. V. Oswin, Civil Servant, city ("ambulance). Frank A. Turner, warehouseman, citv (ambulance). Harry L. P- Smith, , draughtsman, citv (Engineers). ■ Tlios. Evans, driver, city (mounteds). Win. Tlios. Barber. Alfred John Holies, Harbour Board employee, city (infantry). • Edward James Dnvcr, driver, city blacksmith, Newtown (infanta).

Wm. R. Wilson, labourer, city (infaffi D. 8011, labourer, Lover Hutt (infantry). , , . . Robert Watchman, hardware assistant, Karori (A.S.C.). .. Joseph O'Neill, labourer, city (infantry). . Geo. Thos; Martin, railway employee, Cl ßert O U StoLs, clerk, city (artillery). Reginald E. Blackburn, railway clerk, city (artillery). , , T Eustace Galvin, Customs Clerk, iNcAtown (artillery). . Thos. M. Killery, otigmo driver, city (infantry). , . ~ ■ Clivo G. Pearse, msuranco clerk, city (infantry). >