THE CALL FOR MEN

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2740, 7 April 1916, Page 6

THE CALL FOR MEN

p SHORT IN CAMP 481DIFANTRT^ iOh., figures available at present Nevt Ipaland is 487 Infantry 6nort of He uota for the 15th Reinforcements, ihich' are.-now; being mobilised. The Wellington and''the -'Auckland men had sached camp yesterday, and tho figures pneeming.., them."are.:definite. .'. The outherji .men are coming up torday, and he' figures available regarding them are lumbers- known just before the deparlire. From these sources of information he position appears to bo: — [;.:*--.:,.;. ;;■.'.■'• , Short. [Wellington Military District... 260 ('Auckland Military District ... 77 I Cant6r,buTy...;sUlit^ry i /District 99 jOtago■ Military District,/...;..:..;, 51 cr i: Dominion total. ........•■ 487 .. Wellington district's original shortage 'as '269, but a few men : have gone, to ifnip in. ; th'e.last couple of days. _ [On the other hand, Auckland has tele-Sphcd'-fo'.Defence:Headquarters •here all heir-deficiency iby April 1.?.','!:/, (Although the Auckland-district as: a -hole was "short, the city did.more, than ;s share.. Following is the position of he 'Auckland groups:'— : •.. >' '. ;. i«cHa : nd-city and suburbs' i.. 7$ oyer faeroa: .:i-:: i ..:\:.:..."...;:.»--"" 49 *«* [oVthAnckland ........:.:.:•■"••.:23; short ........-• 70 short tree"-men! were, rejectedjincanip.,;. -£ fljiteresting' evidence,, ih- : faymir ot-the prsonal-'can-vass: which: the .Eecruiting foard'advocates.is stated by a "Defence fecial "to .be'' furnished; by the latest Rp.ruiting returns. " •■■ •: : - kin Otago, he eays, where the personal ppeal' has hist bean instituted, the bstoniary shortage has been very conIderablv reduced.. In at least" .one roup-it has disappeared. In Canterurv Kaiapoi (where the personal apealoperates) has a surplus,' and other TOTips have- . imp Toyed their position, jfelson shows a marked improvement. PelliiTHon and Auckland districts, have W. taken, up the. personal' cauvass ye., |nd both are short of men. Wellington !ity wlvre there is no canvass, is the fors't eronP m the Dominion as regards ke 15th : draft.;: " : P--: AN ANALYTICAL RETURN. CURIOUS POSITION. flYesterday morning^Major Corijran. Commandingjthe Wellington Uity nd 'Suburbs group, imade the foUowjp "statement,to.the Press:— ; , I The position in Wellington to-day, is hat/while it' mobilised a shortage of 2'in the "infantry for the loths, there i a considerable- surplus of fit.recruits beistered'for other arms heir turn to be called up. Some of, hese brahchesindeed are so overstocked Lt it seems "probable that if all the fen. so enlisted until they receive he call they will, miss"the war alto-Jether.-'The'fieures for the respective jnite are as under:— : - ,!' ■ , ]■ . <■• ("Mounted Rifles.-The next six drafts re full, but, as it is not Improbable h'at the monthly .quota for this arm iay h« reduced, those on the. waiting it' will. probably stretch over a. longer eriod'before they ar« exhausted.: ■-■ 'Artillery—After .fillinsr up the next ine drafts (up to December next) theres a surplus of 49 men available. rF.'no-ineers.—There are - thirty-seven vai'able in, excess of reanirements vj jlpDecember ,next.' ...For, this, branch of ■ hof service only', tradesmen, ; such;; as locksmiths,- plumbers, carpenters, etc.,. re"".required.'- but many of the men, wart-, jig for this branch do not possess these: Salifications, -arid so may never be ailed :uppn at all. ;^',, _ _ : '.- \ Army,"/ Service . Corps.—Forty-three ien: are waiting" for .this branch;„. :As he average auota is only two men per [raft, .there is" thus a surplus of twenty-' • (re-men after supplying the next nine enforcements.' " • ' i'-Amhulance.—For each draft only.two icri are reonired. After Rupplyinp; tho : fext nine reinforcements there will still i'e twenty-four: men before the- present faitingl'st-isiexhansted. (In addition^-the above surpluses,; Jty-one ..'registrations of fit men have: i fconTeceirpd >at*the' Group Office from i he Town'HaJi recently.for the already i yerstocked branches. These cannot be jiven effect', to, as orders were ..given 'ome" time; ago .for these overstocked ira.nch.e's to be: closed down. '..,,■ [As 'regards''the infantry, .the "position s\wholly different. .Wellington Citv.hns lot yet' raised its quota for the 15ths, ( Phojwent into camp this week, and is j till-very "far short of/getting'the-16ths, .. fhis is regarded as specially serious, as t p supply "the infantry requirements un ( 6 December next Wellington CityVill !eed to furnish not less' than _ 1470 ten. Tlie crying need, "therefore, is for jen to enlist'for the infantry, or if they' pnche's;*'t6 i: -tra'ii'sfer^"' i .''" ■■*••"*""'*' *-*■■'^*.

& LATEST RECRUITS. i The following-men have been enrolled '£ Buckle Street as fit for active serice; — . |james- Moroney, clerk, -< City > (In : pntry). .. . • ■ ..,-..,..'-.'.'.:..^>'.'- hßobert R. Brown, mason, Newtown infantry); ■'■'■•■--•::::-::;:-.;-'.-: t James Patrick Coopor, driver, City Infantry). ;• [•Thomas Do Leppor, labourer,, Petone. Mounted). [','._' ''■..•. Kfhomas Victor Tuohy, railway ' firfr. aan, City, (Infantry). tDnncan M'Mivrrich, clerk, City: (In-. a'ntry). F;Harold,G. Nicholls, Somes Island hiardj Petone (Infantry). \ P. Kent, salesman, City (Tn« a'ntry). ; . ,; ['.'Alexander' Campbell,'prospector, City Infantry). ..'•'"'. [Harold Johnson, carrier, MastertoiiInfantry). , • ', Saunders, labourer, City (Ina'ntry). '■ ' ''".■' fßoberfc Henry Jones, seaman, City Jiifantry). ,-. , . ; ,-■■. ,: .. iiCliarles Robert Begbie, farmer, City Infantry). ■ • • liEradst- N. Player, clerk, Khandallah Infantry). ~ MINISTER'S APPEAL % '■''■'■ ' !-' THE OVER-SUBSCRIBED jf [ BRANCHES. FA statement on the shortage of men br the Reinforcements just mobilised /as made yesterday by the chairman f the Recruiting Board (the Rt. Hon. jy*i"F. Massey). [.'"The Defence Department," said ilr. Massey, "advise that the position jfit'h respect to the infantry.quota for he 15th Reinforcements for the Auckarid and Wellington military districts, low that mobilisation has taken placo, !nd the men have proceeded to' camp, js'as follows:— For No. 1 Group, Auckland f City and Suburbs, there was ' r a surplus of ...;..... '78 for' No. 2 Group, Paeroa, r;there was a shortafe of .... 49 — ?o'r No. 3 Group, Whangarei, . ''.there was a shortage of ... 28 — ?or No. 4 Group, Hamilton, f'thcro was a shortage of '... 70—147 jjr a total shortage for Auckf land district of ............... > 74 for No.' 5 Group, Wellington ?! City and Suburbs, there was ("a shortage of . .........tftyez—- . ; ; .- I |JP.

For No. 6 Group, Palmerston, North, there was a shortage of 52 For No. 7 Group, Napier, there was a shortage of .... 39 For No. 7a Group,- Mastcrton, there was a shortage of ... 24 For No. 8 Group, Hawora, there was a shortage of ... 45 Or a total shortage for Wellington district of 260 "The figures with respect to the Canterbury.'and Otago military districts are not' yet 'available, as mobilisation is 'now taking place, and the actual position will not bo known until' the men have entered camp. " ''The return.' ot the men registered for the loth Reinforcements , in the Auckland district shows an oxcess of 199 enlistments in the other ■ branches of the service, and in the Wellington district an excess of 590 enlistments in the other, branches. Of this largo number no fewer,than 351 are registered on the'books at the No. 5 Group Office, Wellington. It will thus be Been that there aro.morc than sufficient men registered in Wellington City for arms of the sorvice outside the infantry; to make good the combined shortage for the Auckland and Wellington districts. I ask these men to stand by their fellow New Zealandors who have already achieved imperishable fame, and be prepared to do what their comrades- already in camp havo so cheerfully and willingly done, and offer their services .where they, are most needed. _ The need is urgerit. .If the enemy wins, democracy will be destroyed for generations to come, and a black shadow.thrown over the brightest spots of the world. I make an earnest, direct appeal to every man who is now registered in the'over-full branches of the service to rise to tho occasion and show- himself a man in deed.as well as in intention, and place his service freely and at once at the disposal of the Defence authorities. The - opportunity and the privilege' are still open to him, and to overy other eligible citizen of military age to voluntarily' join with the flower of the Dominion's manhood, and fare forth in this great and glorious adventure across the seas in defence of' the liberty of the individual against the ■ despotism of an unscrupulous and inhuman foe." WELLINGTON SLACKNESS | SIB JOSEPH WARD'S OPINION. : Sir v Joseph Ward/ gave it as his opinion last night that the shortage in tho Wellington' draft is. due to .the failure of the local organisation to adopt the Government scheme. . "Wellington .has done so well up to now," said Sir Joseph Ward, "that I think the present slackness is due to the_ fact that the new system of re-' cruiting has 'not been adopted here. There are evidences already that where it has been adopted and taken up actively by the local bodies and the others cooperating with them, the are very much hotter than they were before." RECRUITING IN THE SOUTH STATEMENT BY MR. iALLEN. By Telegraph—Press Association. ■'■■■,-' . Dunedin, April 6. Speaking at the'farewell to tho Otago Reinforcement to-day, the Hon. James Allen .congratulated the. Dunedin district on sending away four, men above the quota, though the complement for the . Otago district; is 51 short; : He recognised that the organisation, created in. accordance with the Governments scheme was producing a good effect in-the city; and he ventured to say Christchurch would produce, the same result, for' Christchureh was thoroughly' well organised. Ho looked to the South Island to show the North Island that by organisation and workit could produce regularly Reinforcements without shortage; the North Island/.would then follow the example of the South'' Island in bringing into force the organisation which had been devised, in the recruiting scheme-put before, tho, people by the Government and the Recruiting Board. • IOTAGO'S QUOTA.: ' 1: .: By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, April 6. Tho Otago quota for the 15th 'Reinforcements left this morning. Dunelin supplied four men in excess ,of the lumber asked; but there is still ' a shortage of fifty-one for the Otago nilitary district. The Hon. J. Allen, Tho spoke at the civic farewell, appealed; fox'.this number, and for fifty-seven idditional. men to make up shortages. md wastages in previous Reinforcenents. ■•■ ' SMALL SHORTAGE ON WEST '.'/ COAST. By Telegraph—Press Association. ".'. '■"•. ; "-.. Greymouth, April 6. Notwithstanding the extra large [raft of infantry for the IStlis mohilis-ng.to-day,-the total is only fourteen ;hort—the smallest on the West Coast :ince December last. Seventy out of lighty-four required wsre secured. NORTH OTAGO DRAFT. ! ' By Telegraph.—Press Association. Oamaru, April 6. w|Tli9'Sorth'v;pWgo-quota for the Fifkenth'"Reinforcements was enthusiastically farewelled to-day., The quota is fourteen short.. . ... The Town Hail Recruiting Committee will, hold a public 'meeting at th-Concert:-Chamber, on Monday eveninj ,next, for the purpose of making '.arrangements to conduct a personal canvass, to promote the enrolment oi eligible men for active 6orvioe. Returned soldiers are especially invited to be. present. A. E. M. Rowland, the Public Service Optician and Jeweller, has been appointed spectacle maker to the Wellington Hospital.- • Further, the firm offers 15 per cent, discount to soldiers and their friends when purchasing for them. See Rowland's "Get-rich-quick Sale," 90 Manners Street.-Advt. ,