THE CALL FOR MEN

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2839, 2 August 1916, Page 6

THE CALL FOR MEN

THE 19th SIIOfiT HOW THE DISTRICTS STAND The Nineteenth Reinforcement draft is still short of men. Canterbury Military District 6ent in its quota 48 men abort, and is sending along 22 to-day, which will reduce its shortage to 26. Wellington has reduced its original shortage of 71 to 62, and is sending in mors men .to-day. Otago had a shortage of 23, and reports being able to Tripe out the whole deficiency.) Auckland's shortage was 18, but it is expected that to-day the necessary 18 will be sent to camp. The'following recruits have been passed as fit for active service:— John M'Guiimess, turner, City. Leonard M-.Briggs, Somes Wand guard. . Roy R. Te Meroi, mill hand, Seatoun. D. M'Lean, labourer, Potono. D. Livingstone, showman, Karori Road. R. Chrifitensen, postal cadet, City. W. A. Cole, railway employee, Karori. H..1. Russell, joiner, Karori. B. R. Sulton, .mason, Karori. 'A. J. Chorley, 1 motorman, City. , G. Banks, motor driver, City. G. Coiyen, bootmaker, City. .0. .T. Green, labourer, Kaiwarra. .T. \V. Beattie, labourer, Petone. John Oakhurst, clerk, City. \ THE 20th REINFORCEMENT POSITION' SATISFACTORY. The position with respect' to recruiting' for the 20th Reinforcement is, „on tho whole, quite satisfactory (says the Prime Minister, Chairman of the Recruiting Board). Already several of the Group areas .have either provided their quota, or more than their quota, and indications point to the shortages how shown in the remaining groups being made good before this draft mobilises for training in the last week of this month. The official figures of- the. enlistments for the infantry, all other arms of the Service being full, as at July 28, are as follow:— Group No. 1, Auckland City, complete; Group No. 2, Paeroa, shortage 5; Group No. 3, Whangarei, shortage. 41; Group 4, Hamilton, shortage 43. Total shortage for Auckland Military District, 8i). Group No. 5, Wellington, City, surplus 5; Group No. 6, Palmcrston North, shortage 62; Group No. 7, Napier, shortage 32; Group No. 7a, Masterton, shortage 16; Group No. 8, Hawera, shortage 48. Total shortage for Wellington Military District, 153. Group No. !), C'hristchurch City, surplus 16; Group No: 10, Timaru, shortago 14; Group No. 11, Kaiapoi, surplus 5; Group No. 11a, Greymouth, shortage 66; Group No. 12, Nelson, surplus 7. Total shortage for Canterbury Military District, 52. . Group No. 13, Dmiedin City, shortage 42; Group No. 14, Inyercargill, shortage 40; Group No. 15, Oamarii; shortage v ß; Group No. 16, Milton, shortage 21.' Total shortago for Otago Military District, 111. The total Dominion shortago for the 2flth Reinforcements is 405. ■ \