RECRUITING

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2919, 3 November 1916, Page 8

RECRUITING

| PROGRESS OF THE CAMPAIGN , A SHORTAGE OF 780

military districts sent 101 additional recruits for the Twenty-second , (Reinforcements into camp on Wedncs- ;. idajv The shortage is stated now to i- stand at 780 men, and the districts aro oeing asked-to reduce it as much possible before 11, when volun- !. tary recruiting for the November and December drafts mil close. Men en- / listing for tho infantry can go into , !eamp at once during the .next "few days ■ j they wish to do so. Practically the ;. .-whole iof tho* shortage is in ' the inifantry. ■ The shortages of the four military J. -• districts 'are as follows:— Auckland 129 • : ' Wellington 158 1 Canterbury ......... 263, Otago y 230 '• .-. .These ..shortages, it may bo. noted, 6re calculated on the. old quotas, which • -hayo been shown to be unfair from the .. .. ijpoint of view _ of _ the South Island. .- iThesouthorn districts have-been, asked - jto provido more men than the northern • - . districts, in proportion to the number ■ lot reservists of the First Division on ithe Tolls, and this fact has to bo taken, into, account in comparing, the show- . t . \ Progress reports regarding the De- , jfence Department's recruiting canvass ! suggest that useful Tesults are being (secured,. Many of, the groups state '"that satisfactory progress is being Imade, and'there is reason to believe - that even if the . efforts of tho staff ' - !«on-commisssioned officers do not pro- : • 1 |duce immediately a, largo response in Hbe form. oL recruits, the rolls will be ' -substantially improved in consequence :of the inquiries that are being made. Appeals from men whohave received : .'notices under Clause 35 of tho Military v Servico Act, aro reaching the Defence . 'in increasing numbers, j; ,Tho appeals are referred to the Mili- ! ' I tary'Service Boards in the various dis-•'trict-s, and the chairmen of the .Boards i will-decide when and where the case's !shall be heard. The Boards are likely : to be at work before the end of next week. There are indications that » ■ . -considerable proportion of tho appeala will bo based upon tho provision of the :'/ 1 'Act relating to eases -of undue hard- '■ - ship., . A man.summoned for service ; - w,is entitled to apply for relief on the i - ' ..ground .that,"by reason of his domestio t • circumstances or for any otherreason f." his calling up for military servico will be a causo .of undue hardship to himself or others." : .. 1 Yesterday tho following men wero ; sent into camp from Groijp 5 CWel- ■ ' • Jington City and Suburbs):—H. O. . Homns, S. Hind, S. A. Best, W. A. i ■ Milne. , ' ■ ". .The": officer commanding Group. 5 • (Wellington City and Suburbs) has v';., asked' Captain Moys to form a small i committee for recruitine work-on. the' Wellington wharves. . The work of the 1 committee, will be to clear away misTinderstaJidinjjs, and provide infromation and assistance for any men who . jmay.wish' to enlist. ; 1 7 The following additional men have • been attested in Group s:— ' S. Hind, shop assistant, Petone. , S. A. Best, plumber, .City. <W. J. Main, railway cadet, City. .T. Young, clerk, Lower Hutt. G, P. S. Johns, clerk, Lower Hutt. . 3D.' J. Knight, draper,' City. [ \W. B. Stevenson, fitter, City. W. J. Ward if carpenter. Lyall Bay. M. G. ffiggins, cook, City. , R. Taylor, decorator, CRty: