THE CALL FOR MEN

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2773, 17 May 1916, Page 6

THE CALL FOR MEN

LATEST RECRUITS

FORTY.FOUR NEW REGISTRATIONS, The latest recruits from the city and suburbs registered as fit for active service are:— A. Powell, labourer, city. F. Hannagan, labourer, city. H. W. Carbury, Government Vet., city (Veterinary Corps). C. S. 31. Hopicirk, laboratory assistant, Wallacevilie (Veterinary Corps). G. E. Mansill, plumber, Upper Hutt. A. Mackenzie, merchant's manager, Hataitai. K. C. Coffey, rotary mechanic, Newtown T. M. Wright, Civil Servant, city. G. H. Cowan, draughts' finisher, Newtown. A. M'Jlullin, jockey, city. J. Dean, Siate hand, Tainui. V". G. Gray, labourer, Ngahauranga. M. Mullineux, Anglican minister. G. C. Wyatt, Civil Servant, city. H. E. Wright, labourer, Vogeltown. A. E. Jones,, electrician, city. i. W. Lyes, Civil Servant. J. Byrne, barman, city. L. Kaberry, tinsmith, Brooklyn. H. P. Todd, law clerk, oity. ' R. Archibald, clerk, city. ... J. Dyer, engine-driver, Alicetown. . J. G. Sissons, P. and T. Department, Island Bay. A. J. ilillward, draper, Petone. H. R. Siunnell, hotel worker, city. ft E. Clementson, ironmonger, Newtown. W. E. Hind, clerk, city. T. Binnie, carpenter, Featherston. Camp. T, Fox, labourer, city. R. B. Gibbons, merchant, Khaudallah. C. P. Hanson, farmer, city. P. Daniel, clerk, city. A. E. 31'Cauli, farm manager, Lower Hutt. A. B. Devine, labourer, Petone. T. H. L. Englet, labourer, Petone. A. W. Bennett, labourer, Petone.,. E. Jones, engineer, Johnsonville. S. H. Donkin, storoman, city. C. G. Challis, storemnn, city. H. N. Sutherland, telegraphist, city. H. Donkin, storeman, Kelburn. T. F. Murray, farrier, lulbirnie. J. A. J. M'Farlane, mate assistant, Bernampore. V. L. Baird. bank clerk. Featherston. All these men enlisted for the infantry except the iw.o who are mentioned as having signed on for the veterinary arm. The following additional men'have been sent to camp by the city group to be added to the 16th Infantry :-Harold Hind, Joseph Jossett, John o'Gorman, Timothy OGormnn, Thos. Richard Roberts, B. G. Harwood. NOT THERE! POSTAL CANVASS AND "DEAD LETTERS." On Tnursday last the local Recruiting Committee and helpers posted the last of 13,000 recruiting cards to people whoso names appeared on the. National Register, and of' whose attitude towards military service they desired to ascertain frankly tor recruiting purposes. In yesterday's Dominion it was correctly stated that tho replies received were comparatively few In number, and,were dwindling down to three or four per post. It appears, however, that tho Postal authorities wera holding u large number of cards, something between 1500 and 2000, and these, together' with the product of the Dead Letter Office, came to hand yesterday. It surprised the secretary (Mr. R. R. Martin), the writer, and will surprise the public to ' learn that between 1500 and 1600 addressed envelopes, containing cards have been returned to tho committee, within the space of a day or so, as not traceable. One could, imagine that a certain percentage of tho men to whom cards had been sent might havo removed or enlisted, but not 1500 of them. The conclusion come to by those who saw the bundles of "returned empties" at the Town Hall yesterday was that the men, or nt least a great many of them, must have given incorrect addresses when filling in their cards for the National Register. Otherwise it is difficult to account for' such a large return from the' Dead Letter Office. "If that ia the oaso," remarked one of the recruiting' officers, "then the sooner We havo conscription the better!"

Biucculars and Wristlet Watches for' soldiers may be obtained at a discount of 15 per cent. (3s. in the £) from A E M. Rowland, tho Public Service Jeweller and Optician, 90 Manners Street (opp. Everybody's Pictures).—Advt.