MUSTERING TO-DAY

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2665, 10 January 1916, Page 6

MUSTERING TO-DAY

MEN OF THE "TWELFTH" SOUTH SHORT OF INFANTRY . The mobilisation of the 12th Rein, forcements commences to-morrow. The raising of this force is being watched with keen interest. Before 'the next draft is called up'the new'recruiting scheme may be in operation, and therelore this month's draft is looked upon as the last likely to be obtained oil the plan which lias been in existence since the early (lays of the war. For the draft about 2220 men are required. The position at the end of last week appeared to bo that the South Island was nearly 200 infantry short, and the North was nearly 400 infantry to the good. The figures are:— Short. Over. Otago 84 — • ' Canterbury ......... 105 — Wellington — 149 Auckland .. — 226 Response of the Districts. The official return from the Wellington military district shows tho position in this district to be: —• Quota. Secured. Ambulance 16 ' 99 Jlounted ... 132 256 Artillery 55 255 Engineers ; 32 . 116 ' Signal Service "8 38 Infantry :... 493 642 A.S.C. 15 104 Tuo internal position in the Wellington military district is that every group Sas secured its; qiiota. The groups comprise: No. 5' Group,' Wellington City ana Suburbs; No. 6, Manawatu and Wanganui; No. 7, Hawke's Bay • and Poverty Bay; No. 7a, Wairarapa; No. 8, Taranaki. 1 The numbers of men secured in the five groups are:— ■ 5 6 7 7a 8 Mounted 72 50 35 65 30 Artillery .' ICO 30 17 28 20 Engineers ...... 71 15 10 9 8 Signallers 1G 12 G 1 3 Infantry . 172 130 108 131 101 A.S.C.' 38 30 16- !0 10 I Ambulance' 52 21 12 10 i The group quotas are: — 5 G 7 ■ 7a 8 Mounted 3G 2G 25 19 2G Artillery 15 11 '10 8 11 Engineers 8 7 G 4 7 Signallers 2 2 , 1 2 1 Infantry 134 101 90 G7 101 A.S.C. : 38 30 1G 10 10 Ambulance 5 3 3 2 3 Prom the published return for the Auckland district the following table is compiled:—

Quota. Secured. Mounted 105 177 Artillery 15 99 Engineers 25 G8 Signal Service 7 28 Infantry 394 520 A.S.C 12. 75 Ambulance 13' 117 From the returns published in Cliristchurcli, the following summary is made:— . , Quota, Secured. Mounted 90 11G Artillery 38 59 Engineers 22 21 Signal Service 6 7 Tnfnntry 338 233 . A.S.C; A 20 Ambulanco 11 1" Otago's latest return is said to show the district 84 short in the infantry arm.

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The story of the irrestrainable ardour ,of the cook of the Lincolnshires at, La Bassee brings back "the chargo of Balaclava, where the regimental butcher, who was killing a_ horse in shirt sleoves, and, with a pipe in his mouth, went through tho charge, frilled six men, and came back, still in mouth,"