THE CALL FOR MEN

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2783, 30 May 1916, Page 6

THE CALL FOR MEN

SEVENTEENTH PARADE SOME ADVICE FOR LAGGARDS Out of 223 men of tho Seventeenth Reinforcements who had been called up for a dental parade yesterday afternoon, only 161 answered the roll call. Units, other than infantry turned up to a man. The Defenco authorities are of opinion that the weather mitigated somewhat against a full parade, but those men who did not answer the call are requested to do so at 8 a.m. today at the Drill Hall, Buckle Street. Included in the 161 men who turned up yesterday are recruits who are classed as "extra,' that is men who are willing to go into camp nt once, but who havo not registered for the 17th draft, or those who have found that they can go into camp right away. The Defence authorities wish it to be distinctly understood that any man who has registered for the Seventeenth draft, and who fails to parade at Buckle Street this morning will not be allowed to proceed to camp with tho draft. For instance, if a man does not answer the roll call at Buckle Street, and ho happens to join, the recruits while they are en route to Lainbton Station this morning, he will, on arrival at Trentham station, be liable to be "thrown out" of the draft, and he will then have to find his way back to tho city the best way ho ean. The roll will be called at Buckle Street, and again on Trentham station, and any man _ who has not answered the first roll call is liablo to disappointment. Those recruits who are willing to go into camp at once are advised that the Seventeenth draft is full, over and above its quota, as far as the Wellington district is concerned, and if they are honest in their intention to get away with the Seventeenth it will bo to their own benefit to turn up this morning at 8 o'clock, otherwise they will experience the disappointment .of having been left beliind while their mates proceed into camp.

The officer commanding No. 5 Group Area (Major Corrigan.) has power to publish the names of men who have signified their willingness to go into camp with the Seventeenth draft and who have failed to parade. According to the Commandant of No. 5 Group Be will take advantage of this permission, if any man who has stated that he would go into camp fails to do so.

Latest Recruits. Yesterday's enlistments were not so large as on previous days, and this no doubt was due to the rongh weather. As it. was, 22 men offered their services, and of that number 13 wero accepted as being medically fit for the Forces, two of whom had volunteered for the home service branch. The remaining 11 registered for tho infantry. Out of yesterday's enlistments nine men were classed as unfit. The names of the fit men are a 9 fol lows :—

F. J. Baker, farmer, City. J. S. Casely, farmer, Tamaki. W. E. Baines, labourer, Petone. R. Noble-Pye, farm hand, Lower Hutt. E. G. Pirniey, farmer, Lower Hutt (Home Service). A. E. Ryan, farmer, City. , J. Shiro, draper, City. C. Or. Hardie, tailor, Shannon. G. i?. Mansfield, joiner, City. J. Boyce, armourer, City. V. R. Smith, shepherd, Ciisbome (Home Service). A. P. Whiting, clerk, City. R. Williams, carpenter, City. Petone Enlistments. During the last week the following returned their papers to the Petone Recruiting Office as fit for service:— Bird, Albert 11.,I 1 ., Bellevue Road, Lower Hutt. 1 Kerr, Robert, 41 Beach Street, Petone. Moro, Archibald, 5 Hutt Bond, Petone. Hepworth, Albert, 99 Nelson Street, Petone. Baines, AV. S., 105 Richmond Street, Petone. Noble-Pye, Robert, Marsden Street, Lower Hutt. Martin, Henry, Tama Street, Lower Hutt. There are twelve papers still not returned. WEEK'S TOTAL AT TOWN HALL. It should be clearly. understood that enrolments for the infantry aTm of the Bervice only are being made at the Town Hall, consequent upon a memorandum being received from the Defence authorities. During the past week enrolments were made as follows:— Monday 2,5 Tuesday 32 Wednesday 21 Thursday 35 Friday 30 Saturday ; 29 Total for week 172 The total number enrolled up to date at the Town Hall recruiting office is 3546. Of that number about 600 have been registered since the session began. A CHRISTCHURCH RECORD. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, May JO. A record number of enlistments received ill Christchurch on any one day since the early period of the war when the Main Expeditionary . Force was bfeing Taised, was mado on Saturday, when 92 men offered their services. Excellent as tho previous week's recruiting was with its 323 enlistments last week easily eclipsed it, with a total of 410, the daily figures heing: Monday 02, Tuesday G3, Wednesday f!5. Thursday 59. Friday G9, Saturday 92. For the past three weeks recruiting in Christchurch has been .consistently heavy, a good proportion of those «nii9ting being married men, some of them being m very good positions in civilian life. Heavy recruiting is also reported in other portions of tho Canterbury Military district.