FEBRUARY FORCE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2669, 14 January 1916, Page 6

FEBRUARY FORCE

NEXT DBAFT NUMBERS DUE FROM EACH DISTRICT t QUOTAS FOR THIRTEENTH f ■ . The quotas for the February force ; "are been allotted. They are to accord . with the following percentages:— 5 Auokland Military District .... 27 Wellington Military District... 33.8 , Canterbury Military District 23.2 , Otago Military District 16 1 These are the latest percentages availi able_ from the compiler® of tho National • Register, and they apply to the men of 1 military age who filled in and returned } registration cards. force will be about 2220 strong 5 ?, , numbers of men required from the four military districts will be:— Auckland finn ; Wellington . . 751 Canterbury ' 514 • ; Otago 355 ' . Dominion total 2220. 1 ' Tim Wellington Military District's quota for the draft is fixed as follows Mounted Rifles 132 Artillery 55 iingineers / 32 "Signal Service , 8 .■lnfantiy 493 Army Service Corps 15 Ambulance ! ig District total 751 . Wellington City and suburbs have been asked to find the following men:— Mounted Rifles as Artillery \ jg Engineers g Signal Service 2 Infantry .; 134 Army Service Corps 4 Ambulance 5 City total 204 vr'iy??', a li same time, about 130 N.C.O. s for the loth draft will bo needed. Wellington Militaiy District i® tp supply 44 of thein, and the City t , ■ are f° r various arms as shown below:— City District N.C.O.'s. N.C.O.'s. Mounted 3 g Artillery ......... 3 3 Engineers ......... 1 2 Signallers — 1 Infantry 14 38 Ambulance 1 1 Totals ...... 22 44 The mobilisation of the force will begin on February 8, and the City troops will move into camp 011 that.date. Position in the City. In the last week a little over 200 men have been-enrolled in the City. . Over 40 are unfit for active service, and the nt infantry secured number about 80. • "ion were enrolled in \\ ellmgton yesterday:— John George, sailor, City.(A.S.C) Isaac Waters, labourer, City (lnfantry). • ; ■ J ■ Norman Ostrich, storekeeper's assistant, Tauniarunui (A.S.C.). Hugh M. Muller, surveyor, City (Infautry). Thos. Fredk. Lewis, butcher, City (Mounted). John H. S. AT.'Glash'an, bushman, City (Infantry). John H. Porter, warehouseman. City. (Artillery). Sylvester Norman Verity, farmer, Halcombe (Mounted). Alexander Hogg ■ Morgan, school teacher, Palmerston North (Mounted N.C.0.). Frank Selby, clerk, City (Mounted). John Herbert Stubbs, City (Pay Branch). Harold Alfred Potter, Somes Island, guard, Petone (Infantry). Adam H. Craig, tailor, Somes Island (Infantry). v . Alfred H. Williams, clerk, City (Pay Branch). Frederick G. Jones, labourer, New•town (Infantry). Arch. L. Suckling, civil servant, City (Infantry): Ernest W. Marigold, slaughterman, City (Mounted). Francis John Malliuder,' slaughterman, City (Mounted). Arthur O'Hagan, contractor, City (Mounted). Wm. Fredk. Kennedy, railway employee, City (Ambulance). Kenneth Alexr. Gunn marine engineer, Brooklyn (Infantry). Robert Ernest Crantz, labourer, City (Infantry). James Joseph M'Carthy, clerk, Newtown (Artillery). Richard Wilson, labourer, Petone (Infantry). Percy Linton Hodge, clerk, City. (Infantry).. Geo. Edward Steele, seaman, City (Infantry). Albert Edward Morris, watchmaker, Kilbirnie (Mounted). Allen L. Familton, polisher, Kilbirnie (Mounted). .Daniel O. Scott, telegraphist, Trentham (Artillery). • Jolm Gustan, grocer, Lyall Bay (Artillery). James Henry Hayes, saiesman, City (Infantry). Geo. Frederick Campion, butcher, City (Infantry). Sydney Morris, ship's steward, Auckland (Infantry). James B. Lindsay, compositor, City (Artillery). William Owens, labourer, Oitg (Mounted). Walter E. Barnes, linesman, Tele- \ phone Exchange (Signal).

OTAGO'S QUOTA FOR THE TWELFTH

By Telegraph—Press Association, Dunedin, January 13. Tlie Otago quota for tho 12th Reinforcements will probably bo cnly 16 short. The quota left for Wellington to-day. Dunedin City saved the situation by sending forward 40 more men than its sharo. The troops were enthusiastically farewelled. There is quite a lot of talk about people exploiting the 6oldiore, but thero is at least one Wellington business man who_ has gone out of his way to offer conccosions to "our boys." Mr. A. E. J[, Rowland, jeweller, 90 Manners Street, offers 15 per cent, special discount off all soldiers' requisites, such as wristlet watches, binoculars, etc. —Advt.