THE TENTH DRAFT

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

THE TENTH DRAFT

LATEST FIGURES

DETAILS FOR EVERY DISTRICT ' \ .

NUMBERS FOR SEPARATE ARMS

Taking-the round numbers of 2000 for infantry and 700 for mounted rifles, and' working .with thotfid of the district percentages issued by the Defence Department, ■ The Dominion gave approximate figures yesterday morning to show what is expected of every . district for the. next force to go into camp—the Tenth Reinforcements. Figures which .have Eilice becomo available show that the force is .to be a little under the 3000 l/reviously stated. The Mounted Rifles will number 624, the infantry 1800, and the total force 2776. .For the two main branches of the Force—the infantry and the moiiiitod— the districts have been called on lor Lueu in the following numbers:— Infantry. Mounted. Tis. Auckland 297 85' 882 Wellington ..... SUS 314 1122 Canterbury .... 419 130 57!) Ofcago M 6 .95 341 Totals ...1800 024 2424 For the other branches the call on tlie districts is: Auck. W'g'tn. Cant. Otago. Artillery ... 30 76 37 ,19 Engineers 23 43 20 7 Signallers 6 8 4 1 A.S.C. ...... 11 14 8 , 5 Ambulanco 12-11 10 7 Totals ... 82 152,. • 79 39 Tlio total numbers of men called up tor the various arms of the Force are: — Infantry 1800 Mounted Rifles 624 Artillery 162 Engineers 93 Signal Service 19 Army Service Corps 38 Ambulance ••• 40

Total 2776 ] The men to bo drawn from overy district number:— Auckland 464 1 Wellington 1274 Canterbury GSB Otago ! 380 The percentages published yesterday showed what percentage overy district was to supply for every separate arm of the Force, but not the district percentages of tho total Force. AVellington is to provide nearly half of tho total, and tho complete table, together with the percentages of population, is:— 'Population Actual percentage. call. Auckland ... 24.9 16.72 AVellington.. 31.7 45.86 Canterbury.. 24.9 . 23.70 Otago 18.5 13.72 Again dealing with the total force of 2776, the following table shows the number of men each district ivould send on a population basis, and tho number actually called up:— By Actual population. call. Auckland 691 464 Wellington ... BSO 1274 Canterbury ... 691 658 Otago 514 380 So, on the total men to bo supplied the districts are doing more or less than their population share, as under:— ■More. . Less. Auckland — 227 Wellington ....' 394 — Canterbury ... — 33 Otago — 13^