RECRUITING REVIEWED

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2611, 5 November 1915, Page 6

RECRUITING REVIEWED

DISTRICTS COMPARED

WELLINGTON'S GOOD POSITION LATEST VOLUNTEERS

'A return was furnished by the Dofenoe Department yesterday showing tho position of recruiting in the four military districts—Wellington, Auckland, Canterbury, and Otago. The figures, whioh are prepared up till Saturday last, October SO, show two things— (1) the percentages of registrations then on the books, and (2) the percentage of recruits passed as physically fit and remaining to be examined. "Wellington in nearly every ca«s is in the excellent position of being well ahead of any other district, in many cases supplying olose iipon half the total number. Wellington has also been called upon to supply nearly half of 'the Bth and 10th Reinforcements. The figures follow.— > TOTAL REGISTRATIONS. , The percentages of registrations on Saturday last for- the four military districts wore as under:— ' Percent. Auckland 24.99 Wellington :... 45.60 Canterbury ....; 19.63 Otago 9.78 PERCENTAGES FOR UNITS. Following are the district percentages of men passed_ as, fit and still on the list to be medically examined:— Mounted Rifles. Percentage. Auckland 16.55 Wellington 49.33 Canterbury 23.78 Otago 10.34 Infantry. Auckland 22.69 Wellington 49.83 Canterbury 19.69 Otago : 7.79 ■ Artillery. Auckland .'....' 23.20 Wellington 44.74 Canterbury 21.53 Otago .....; 10.53 Engineers. . Auckland 29.03 • Wellington 41.02 Canterbury 21.66 Otago . 8.29 Signal Service. Auckland 39.34 Wellington . -.. 39.34 Canterbury ............... 19.67 Otago .-.: 1.65 Army Service Corps. Auckland 82.93 Wellington •' ■;. ,42.83. Canterbury 14.34 Otago ; 9.90 . Ambulance Corps. ' Auckland 33.33 Wellington ...... 33.83 Canterbury ' 23.88 Otago 8.96 . Veterinary. Auckland 34.29 Wellington 37.14 Canterbury 11.43 Otago : 17,14 Hospital Ship. Auckland 30.30 . Wellington 12.12 Canterbury ..,.' : f . 6.06 '-Otago ;.;„ ;,..:,....../^51.52 . Tunnelling Company. Auckland 51.28 Wellington .....;.' 38.46 "■ Canterbury ...,; „ 5.13 Otago ,-. 5.13 . Maoris. Auckland 90.32 Wellington ; — Canterbury ..' 9.68 Otago : — LATEST ENLISTMENTS. Following is a further list of recruits who have been medically examined and passed as fit:—

John Isaac Wing, Miramar. Robert Harold Vaney, clerk, City. Alex-.. Farquhar, City. ■ ' Leslie Ernest Cleaver, Petone. . Clwyd Cleaver, printer, Petone. .William James Belsham, butcher. City. -..'■.■',

Chas. Herbert Neal, clerk, City. George Joseph Bell, driver, City. Frederick Wm. Mawhinney, motor mechanic, City. ' Leonard Clapson Walters, clerk, City. John Elliot, labourer, City. ' Wm. Edward Frith, carrier, City. Hugh Mayne, sailor, City. . William Henry Eliott, telegraph linesman, City. Louis John Gray, crane driver, City. Sidney Chapman, glass beveller, City. Ernest Norrish, farmer, City. Thomas Callan, driver, City. Henry; Herbert Andrews, boxmaker. City. •.'-.' Albert Dawo, baker, City. Neil Carmichael, farrier, City. Samuel Bushell, labourer, City. Edward Egan,- carpenter, City. , Joseph' Blenkinsop, clerk, City. • Walter Ballantyno, clork, City. Allan M'Lean Patterson, paintnr. City. ..

William John Saunders, salesman, Oity.

Alec. Morris, clerk, City. . Edwin R. Myers. • r; Leonard Simmonds, builder, City. Walter Stanley Landguist, druggist's assistant,, City. William Ferguson, fireman, Trty.' • John Henry Garrett, machinist, City, Wilfred Wallace Barnes, wamway employee, City. John Fred Bowen., seaman, City. Henry Owen Powell," seaman, City. James Souttar, attendant, City. Frederick Arthur Allon, accountant, City.-. .:•-.. '

Joseph Elliott Orr, draughtsman, City'.

Archer Allan Austin, shipping clerk, City....

John' Henry Larsen, labourer, City. Ernest Hollis, hardware ssustant, City.

William Ewart Crewes, commoroial traveller, City. . Earl Stewart, accountant, City. , Bernard Levy, tailor, City. Frederick Harold Denham, warehouseman, City. • Hawthorne M'Kcnzie Miller, engineer! City.'■", Horace Harry Batten, warder, City, Harry Toomer, compositor, City. Ronald Blair, grocer, City. James Johnson Neilson, City. Percy Hill, tailor, City. William Langrad,. draper, City. George Grant Smith, Civil Servant, City. Cliarles Grindrbd, Civil Servant, City. John Arthur Peach', carter, City. James Martin, labourer, City. Robert. Brown, gardener, City. Malcolm Robertson, labourer,__ City. Walter Tilsey, tablet porter, C'l.v. Thomas Bruce Wallace, lctter-iar-Tier, City. Basil Peterson, municipal clerk, City.