THE CALL TO ARMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2730, 27 March 1916, Page 6

THE CALL TO ARMS

LATEST RECRUITS

The following are the, latest men en< listed and certified medically fit Maurice P. Spiers, coachbuilder and blaoksmith (Engineer N.C.0.). W. A. Stevenson, cook (Home Servico). Joe Hawira, labourer (Infantry). Harold Rupert Day, telegraphist' (Signalling Corps). William L. Summers, farrier (Engineers). Thomas Brunton, tailor (Infantry). William Hcsaton, carrier (Infantry). Charles Kavanagh, labourer (Infantry). It. L. C. Philip, Oivil Servant (Infantry N.C.0.). Alfred ■ Alexander Wilson,, motordriver (Home Service). The following men were sent into camp on Saturday to make up shortages in the infantry of the 14th .Reinforcements : —C. E. Mullows, J. Hawira, C. Kavanagh, and W. Heaton. RECRUITING IN THE SOUTH DR. NEWMAN, M.P„ INTERVIEWED, Dr. A. K. Newman, M.P. has been on a recruiting trip in Southland, and spoke at public meetings in Gore, Wyndham, Mataura, Invercargill, Dunedin, and other places. Dr. Newman told a Dominion reporter that he had picked up one excellent recruiting "tip'.' in' the south. He had - been motored out to' three sheep and cattle sales at Wyndham, Riverton, and Kapuka. He thinks this plan should be adopted in this island. . "You see,"sai'd Dr. Newman, "you get at 70 to 90 people—all men—who rarely indeed _ have the time to go to publio meetings held in towns at night." Half or nearly so, of the population live in the country, and seldom go to meetings. It is a new class to tap, and at the three meetings they seemed really delighted to listen for some twenty, minutes —a pleasant break from the monotony' t of stock sales. Dr. Newman, said that recruiting throughout the South Island is very slack. There is a rally going on in Dunedin, and a 1 fair crowd of recruits coming in. In--rercargill is very slack, and of Christchurch the report is very like "nothing doing." Dr. Newman says he found everywhere a strong demand for conscription. AH classes seemed to think this tho only fair way of dealing with the matter. Parents who had sent their sons were vexed to see others holding back theirs—keeping them wrapped up in cotton-wool. Asked as to whether he thought conscription would come in, Doctor Newman thought that after this present rally was over there would be a. slack recruiting time—and the 2350 needed every four weeks would not come inj However,; when the House met in May, the exact'strength of the rally would be known. If the men. did not coma in fast enough, conscription was absolutely inevitable'. Dr. Newman added that every town and hamlet, and every district believed it had contributed more than its share. Yet everywhere we are calling for more men. Asked as to the work done, or to be done, by recruiting'committees, in the way of personal house-to-house and man-to-man campajgn, Dr. Newman replied that in their own language, the committees were "not taking any." No personal canvass whatever was being done. AN EXCELLENT RECORD. By Telegraph—Press Association.' Auckland, March 26. Fifty-two recruits volunteered on Saturday, 24 being accepted and 19 deferred. The total enlistments in the past three weeks have totalled 1269. Members of the Eleventh rnents are notified by advertisement that they may have their photographs taken at night this week at tho Hardie Shaw Studios, Willis Street.

' Rowland. Jeweller, 90 Manners Street, is the firm who] are giving 15 per cent. (Ba. in the £) to soldiers or their friends when purchasing anything for them. Badges, wristlet 'watches, engagement rings, etoSee Rowland about it.—Advt.