THE CALL FOR MEN

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2832, 25 July 1916, Page 6

THE CALL FOR MEN

THE 19th DRAFT WELLINGTON'S QUOTA PARADES. The'mobilisation of the 19th Reinforcements began yesterday,. when the Wellington! City anil suburbs men paraded for dental inspection, prior to going into camp to-day. The result •of yesterday's parade was a shortago of 19,, as shown by the following table:— Wanted. Called up. Paraded. Infantry I.G-i. ICG' 125 Mounted 9 9 4 Ambulance 8 8 4 Engineers *.... 4-. • 4- 1 Artillery 11 11 '11 21st N.C.O.'s .19 19 .18 ' Defence Headquarters- believe tho draft will mobilise satisfactorily throughout the whole Dominion. Eighty-six men were enrolled in Wellington last week, and for the twenty-four days of this month,29!i have been placed on tho recruits', register. Of last;week's recruits, 50 passed as.fit.for.active service. Yesterday's list of'enrolments as fit to go 'to the front is: . , • T. West, ljushman, City. A L. Isted, steward, Petone. ■T. H.-; Hurley,, labourer, 'City; •/ ; D. Bruce, Civil Servant, City. A. Hi Lees, v clerlt,'Lower Hutt. •.. 11.I 1 . J. MTDonald, joiner, Kilbirnie. L. D.'O'Sullivan, clerk, Newtown. GREYMOUTH'S SHORTAGE . - ■ , . REDUCED. By Telegraph—Press Association. •' Christchurch, July 24. The Greymouth Group Area "reported this morning that' it had reduced the shortago in its infantry quota, for the. Nineteenth . Reinforcements,' to six .nieii. .'All the other group areas hive had complete quotas for some time.