THE CALL FOR MEN

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2677, 25 January 1916, Page 6

THE CALL FOR MEN

INFANTRY NIiEDED

IN WELLINGTON MILITARY

DISTRICT

CITY SHORT

At the end of last, week Wellington military district was 73 infantry short of its quota for the 13th Reinforcements, who go into the training camps oil February 8. ' Of the five groups into which the district is divided four wero short of infantry when the official return was made. The position of the district respecting the draft was:— Quota. Secured. Mounted 132 259 Artillery ..I. 55 286 Engineers 32 102 Signal 8 37 Infantry 493 420 A.S.C. 15 105 Ambulance ......... 10. 102 There is no shortage ill any group except for the infantry arm, and for that branch the groups stand as follows:— Inf'ry. Inf'ry. Quota, secured. Short. City, and Suburbs 139 96 43 Manawatu and Wanganui 100 130 — Hawke's Bay and Poverty Bay... 90 68 22 Wairarapa 67 63 4 Taranaki 97 63 34 The group quotas have been made somewhat different to the allotment previously announced. They now are:— 3 CO ci £ H ft es _W rt oh • § 'I 2 g -• ►>9 P '3 2 .2 s (i it 5 „~Pah £ 1 h S Mounted 37 'a 21 18 26 132 Artillery 16 11 10 8 10 55 Engineers 0 7 6 4 6 32 Signal 3 2 1 1.1 8 infantry 139 100 90 67 97 493 A-S-C. i 3 3 2 3 15 Ambulance ■ 5 3 3 2 3 16 Total 213 153 137 102 146 751 RECRUITING IN THE CITY. The following men have been enrolled in AVellington as fit for service:— Win.. Fitzpatrick, engine-driver, City (Engineers). R. H Murray, engineer, Lower Hutt (Infantry). Leonard H. Boecker, driver. City (Mounted). Edward Olsen, shearer, City (infantry)-' Harold G. Bodel], bricklayer, Island Bay_ (dental orderly). W Bailey, Civil Servant, City gireers). ■ A- Gardiner, stereo worker, I'oioue (dental orderlj'). Arthur J. Ames, clerk, C'ty (Mounted).

Richard. Hy.. Smith,' cook. JohnscnviUe (.4..5.C.). , Alex-. Auld. upholsterer, Brooklyn (Inhutry) 1 ■ James J. Leonard, seaman, City (Infantry). Frank Davidson, engineer, City (,Kngineers) Nugent H. Welsh, artist, City (Infantry). Geo. Osborne, clerk, Seatoun I Mountedl Wm John Stevens, driver, City (Infantry). Eric Joseph Gibbs, labourer, Citv O/ouL-ted). Eaward John Hamilton, labourer I'etoiK (Infantry). Chas N. Adams, chemist, City (Ambulsrce). Harr- Monaghan, farmer, Makara (Mcvited). . Win Matthews, postal City (Artillery). A'fred Culmar, seaman, City (Infantry}. John C. Mac Donald. motormfei Jslarm Biy (Infantry). ?- Before a recruit goes into camp it is the custom for hie friends to make liim a presentation. AJr. A. E. M. Rowland states that he is prepared to give a special rebate of 15 per cent. (3s. in the £) off all soldier's requisites, such as wristlet watches, binoculars, etc.—Advt.