THE NEW FORCE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2691, 10 February 1916, Page 6

THE NEW FORCE

ITS MOBILISATION HOW WELLINGTON DISTRICT faked ie ' SHORT BY OVER 30 INFANTRY >t iP The mobilisation of the 13tli Reinforcements is still in progress, and it is too early yet to state with a fair degree of accuracy how the force is to work out. ® The 'Wellington district is considered ° to have done very well. Its five " groups wont in with an infantry shortage of 37, and a total shortage of oti. '» Ihe shortages in the various arms of the quota are shown in the following 0 table: — " 1 Sent to h „ , Quota. Camp. Short. 11 Mounted 132 132 0 0 Artillery 55 51 4 e Engineers 32 23 9 " Signal S 6 2 s Infantry 493 456 37 ; A.S.C 15 15' : 0 ' Ambulance 16 12 4 Total 751 695 56 1 All the groups experienced shortages s except the Hawke's Bay-Poverty Bay 3 group, which sent eight men in excess j quota. The deficiencies in tho 1 other groups were:— i City and Suburbs 21 > Manawatu and Wanganui 9 3 Wairarapa 17 Taranaki ; "" I The above figures wore compiled on : the day of mobilisation (Tuesday). : Since then the city's shortage has been I reduced to eighteen and it is understood that another half-dozen Hawke's 1 Bay men are on their way to camp. i City Recruiting. ( The following men have been enrolled ; at Buckle Street as fit for active service :— ; T. G. Griffiths, City (Infantry). D. M'Lennan, sailor, Mangamairo . (Infantry). G. Wynne, Xelburn (Signal). Patrick Sinnott, labourer, City (Infantry;. ■ Simpson, dentist's mechanic, City (Dental Corpß). l£itto, miner, City (Infantry), fupoki Ratunga, farmer, Wainui-o-mata -(Maori Reinforcements). Reginald James Bird, cheesemaker, Mangatainoka (Infantry). John Gosling, seaman, City (Infantry;. Royce Alexr, Ritchie, motor driver Haywards (Infantry). James Russell, carpenter, Canterbury (Infantry;. Hart Allan Udy, farmer, City WJVCHRISTCHUROH QUOTA FOR THE 13th. Br T«l«srrauh.-»i'Css A6.wlat.ion. Ghristclruroh, February 9. The Chnstchurch quota for the" 13th Reinforcements left to-night for Treutliam The full quota was 338 men, but there was a shortage of 127, only 211 men parading. Rowland, Jeweller, 90 Manners Str«ct is lu S iyil, B I 5 Pei' cent. (35." in tne a) to soldiers or their friends when purchasing anything for them. Badges, wrisJet watches, engagement rings, etc. See Rowland about it.—Advt.