THE CALL FOR MEN

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2652, 24 December 1915, Page 6

THE CALL FOR MEN

- CITY'S POSITION > L WHAT LATEST RETURN SHOWS INFANTRY STILL SHORT The latest return of tlie state of the recruits' register in Wellington City shows that there is still a great shortage of infantry. . The 12th Reinforcements are to go into camp in the middlo of January (three weeks hence), and so far tho City has secured only about half tho infantry it requiros for that i'orco. The latest figures are;— .Fit and available for N.C.O.'s • Fit. 12th draft.' waiting. ; Mounted ... 34 30 20 Artillery :... 160. 15S 30 ! Engineers ... 66" 66 ' 18 , Signal 13 13 '7 Infantry .... 82, 82 .. 47 A.S.C. .......M.38 - ' '38 .11 Ambulance .. 61 . .52 ' . 8 Hospital Ship 16 ■' >16 — Veterinary .. 8' 6 1 Pay Corps ... 3 ' — — Samoan 2 2 — Total ... 483 ,463 142 How the City stands with regard tj the raising of ite share of the next, force is made clear in the following table:-—. .Quota. Secured. Mounted .. 36 >31) Artillery 15 .. Engineers .......... 8 66' Signal 2 13 Infantry 134 82 A.S.C. 4 38 Ambulance 5 ,52 The shortages, then, are 6 mounted and 52 infantry.' Yesterday was the last day allowed for making up shortages in the 11th Rci inforcements. Wellington City, which E was. 96 short of its quota when the lltli 3 went into camp, managed to catch up i about 66 of' the deficiency. Six men from the City group were > sent to camp yesterday to join the 11th r infantry. Ihey were ) M. Kayes, T. 6. Lennox, C. J. Schouw, r J. G. Veitch, J. Keyes, and Thos. Linguard, j W. F. Nees also was sent in as an J N.C.O. for the 13tli draft. i 'flie recruits enrolled in the City yes--5 terday were: — 3 AVifl. Watson, surveyor, Napier (Sigiiiu - Service). t A 7 ictor Geo. Parkin, clerk, City (lnr fantry). 3 L. W. Garrod, warehouseman, Now--3 town (Infantry). ,■ 'Robert M'Farlane, labourer, City (Infantry); . Archie'M. Johnstone, farmer, Chnstl church (Infantry;. ■ s .B. Si Lawrence, clerk, City (lna fantry). ... .. ; ■ ' ' s Thos. Maurice, . driver, City (ln--3 f R„ Blow, farm cadet, Te Rmti t (Infantry). , ' Henry S. Stanfield, contractor, New- ] town (Infantry). , Edward L. Williams, baker, City (A.S.C.). Wm. M'Enerney, labourer, Newtown (Mounted). " Tho recruiting office at the Town Hall 0 will be closed for tlio Christmas _ holi- .. days from 1 p.m. to-day. It will uc ■ opened'from 9 a.m. till noon on \\ed--1 nosday, Thursday, and Friday next, and ! from then will be closed until 9. a.m. on January 4. ' ' There is quite a lot of talk about peopie exploiting the soldiers, but there ,is = at "least one Wellington business man who lias gone out of his way to offer conOTisiens to "our 'boys." \Mr. A. L. M. Rowland, jeweller, 90 Manners Street, offers 15 per cent, special discount on all soldiers' requisites, such as ' yrristlct r watches, binoculars, etc.—Aavt.