THE CALL FOR MEN

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2649, 21 December 1915, Page 8

THE CALL FOR MEN

FAINT ANSWERS WHAT WELLINGTON DISTRICT MUST DO . DOMINION ENROLMENTS The effort to fill t'h'e 600 shortages in :he 11th Reinforcements has not met vith great success so far. Last week ■ecruiting was dull everywhere, and the listricts'which were called on to fill the ;aps did not discover many men willing *0 go into camp right away. Of 90 for shortages). called in Auckland l only (0 paraded, and the Wellington district ;ent only about 20 infantry into camp luring the week. Infantry are still tadly wanted 1 ., • At the end of last week the Weill ngon Military District was requested to ind'by December 23 266 men more than t had already supplied. These men are o make good the Wellington quota, and ielp to fill South Island quotas. The !(3G, who will go to fill gaps in the ?entli, as well as in the Eleventh, have leen allotted to tho groups of the Weiington district according to the followng table:— ' a . «s 5 £ £ ■% s rn I 5 -3 •B" § . « -g• "g oaw b h tounted ... — - 2 10 — — 12 ignal 2 1 — — — 3 ..5;c.v.:.... l - - - . - ■ i nfantry -... 45 70 6fi .29 . 28 238 Ingineers ... 0 5 2 — — . 13 'otal: ■ ....... 53 .78 78 29 28 266 City Men go to Camp. . Yesterday the following men from the Jity gfoup. were sent into camp, to bo dded to tho 11th Reinforcements :— Engineers^—G. J. Bell, H. M'Millan Mounted.—W. D. Creamer, P. Brad--2y,.J. V. Porter. . Infantry—R. Phillips, R. Keegan, \ Fitzgerald, W. H. Beylett, A. G. latthows, J. Barry, D. J. Devrell. New Recruits. The recruits. enrolled in Wellington esterday were Joseph Hoskings, labourer, City (inan try). Robert Francis Ooyle, sawmiller, City engineers). > Win. Askew, farmer, Waikanae ■ (arillei'y). Eric A/Johanson, clerk, Fortßallance artillery). Wm. Geo. Cole,-labourer, Lower Hutt infantry). ■: / - Thos. Donovan,, labourer, Whangalomona (infantry). '• Registration Percentages. Defenco Headquarters issued its weekf list, of registration percentages yeserday./ > Tho."- district » percentages of ho total Dominion registrations are as allow:—- ■ Auckland 25.38 Wellington . 47.78. Canterbury 15.42 Otago .................. 11.42 Tho district percentages of tho total .Timber of men registered ih'the various riris" are.:— . Auelc. - Well. Cant; Otago. [minted ... 18.04 <9.72 20.03 12.21 nfantry ... 27)74 . 49.84 ;. 12.57 9,85 itillery ... 18.35. y; 55.40,; , 11.84 14.41. ■miineers... 25.27 .',-54.09 , 15,81 5.33 ignallers ... 25.08' 55.41;. 14.86 4.05 tiS.C. 29.02 41.09 .14.08 .15.81 jnbulanco ' 29.86 . 39.71 20.00 , 10.43r eterinary 17.14 60.00 11.43 11.43 lospital ship 40.85 39.44 14.08 5.63. 'unncliers ' 44.26 32.79 1(5.30 6.56 laoris ... 60.00 40.00 — — lariioa ' 30.00 2.00 50.00 18.00 'Before a recruit goes into camp it is he custom for his friends to make him l ; presentation. Mr.' A; E. M. Rowland itates that he is prepared to give a spe:ial rebate of 15 per cent. (3s. in the £) all soldiers' requisite such as wristet watches, binoculars, etc.—Advt.