THE SHORTAGE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2929, 15 November 1916, Page 6

THE SHORTAGE

OVERI,3OO RECRUITS WANTED

BALLOT THIS WEEK '■ The reports which have reached Defend -Headquarters from the Military pistrict's.show that the total shortage in the*",23rd and 24th Reiuforcements is 1359 men. Voluntary recruiting for ' th.et.tWo drafts closed on Monday evening;. 'and the number of men attested '■ for November and December in tlio "various groups was then ascertained. The shortage on the 23rd Reinforce--I?inonts was found to bo 777, and on the Reinforcements .582. The recruits .required/to cover theso deficiencies will ...-require; t<r be raised under the compulsory clauses, of the Military Service Act, '/"and it'is.'likely that a ballot will be : taken to-morrow for that purpose. >; ,: >Th'reo of .the- groups, No. 1 (Auck'Jahd.".City),. No. 12 (Nelson), and No. "20'(Wauganui) havo completed their quotas for the two, 1 drafts by means of voluntary enlistment, and they will not bV affected .by -the ballot. Group 7 (Ha'wke's Bay) has completed its quota for tho.23rd Reinforcements by volun-tary-enlistment, and Group .8 (Tara-liaki)-.has secured a full .quota for the 24th Reinforcements. , . ' The position of the 23rd Reinforcements is shown in the following table:— Recruiting District. Quota. Attested. No. I—Auckland'........ 2GO 273 No.' 2—JJauraki .- 76 55No. 3—Auckland ..' 73 59 No. 125 , 52 No. s—Wellington ...... 206 146 No. .6—Manawatu 107 88 'No. -7—-Hawke!s Bay ... 73 73* No. "B—Taranaki .• 134 75 No. 9—Ohristchurch ... 173. 136 No. HVS. Canterbury ... 133 64 No. 11— N. Canterbury .. 99 30 •N0,42-Nelson ...:.;.:....- 80 84* •No. 13—Dunedin ......... 152 91. -No. ....... 160 101 •'•No:'ls-N.'Ptago.. ; .;:.'... 86 40 : -N0. : 16-Clutha ...'..:.:.,.. 49 ■ 31 No. 17— B. of Plenty ... 40 32' No. 18—Waira'rapa 135 60 No. 19—Poverty Bay ... 92 33 No.-20—Wanganui .. 49 49* - No. 21-West Coast ..... 83 36

.... Totals..:. ...... ; 2385 1608. National shortage, 777. *No ballot' required. It' will be noticed that Auckland City lias secured a. 'surplus of voluntary recruits for the draft, while most of the other districts have substantial shortagas.' ""' "" '"' '.:.' .. ' The total shortage in the Twentyfourth Reinforcements is 582, the figures being as follows:— : V Recnjitmg District. ■ Quota. Attested. No. I—Auckland 260 260* No. 2—Haurnki. '..-' 52 48 '. No,: 3—Auckland ...... 68 33. No. -4—AVaikato ....:...-. 95 76 ; • No.. s—Wellington ...... 198 154 ■No. -oV-Manawatu ...... 98 -72 ■No. c7—Hawke's Bay..; 76 66 No. B—Taranakj ..: 96 '' 97* 'No;- SMTb-istchurch ... 155 104 No. Canterbury... 103 30 No. 11— N. Canterbury . 6], 50 No. 12—Nelson ; /'..'....". 67 7.1* No. 13—Dunedin-.. 127 75 N6j 14—50uth1and........ 123 51 . No. 15—N.. Otago :..-.-.. 52 25 No: 49 .' 7 No. 17— B. of Plenty'-'-• '38 '22 No. 18—Wairara.na. '. 84 -48 N. 67 ' '■' 32 f No. 20—Wanganui■-'.".:v.. " 69' ' 7S* No. 21—AVest. Coast J... 65-20

Totals ...../............ 2001 1419 >. National "shortage; .582.;:... *No ballot required. Clausa 38 Operates, ,• .The first recruits enlisted coiupulsorily under the.-provisions of the Military. Service 'Act are ijoinc into camn . ; - with the "drafts for the Twenty-third ' Reinforcements this week. /Tliev are ! men : who'received notices under Clause ■■[ 35 of'.-the Act. as being members of. '. families ■ containing two or more sons '.. who ..were members, of the First Division, andwho 'have accented th» situa : "tion-without demur. Tliev did not . anneal: within; the period of. ten • days '. allowed"'them for that purpose !"fter : -the dpliv'erv' of v the notices, • They • ' worer.then .directed -.to r'enqrt for att-es-...tati'o'n, and... they .obeyed the order. The riumber of""men "to enlisted for the Twenty-third Reinforcements is not large, but other"; recruits belonging to 'the. "sfne' class have hern posted to "•-the" .Twenty-fourth Reinforcements. ■. ; p'nd it is'anparent .tbci-a' prnoortion of "'ihe meii ."ffected. bv Clause 35 are prepared, to'do" their duty without fuss or :. ','trniible.' '■".." " " : " .' " ' , More thpn five hundred anneals from rneu with.-.notices under clause 35 havo been recircd by the .Defnne" authorities, and dates-ar/ 1 beine- fixed '-foT':-tht>- ; sitt4iiTs of the Military ServiceBoards, which will detcrni''ie whether or nnfc 11>e' anneals are nvdl orrouiid»d. The WclhWnn Hoard will pit »t WaBganui nn Fridav next, and h»s arranged to be ,nt. HaiVM-a oh IMondnv nf next week, and at- Palmerstr-' North on the Wednesday-followinir. No dates have, yet beer, fixed for sittings in the . • city. . •_ ' : Wellington's Draft. 'The follo\viug recruits for the - Twenty-third Reinforcements and the . 26th n.c.o.'s went into camp yesterday r 'from Group 5. (Wellington City and Suburbs) :—'•'•■ p , , 26th N.c.o.'s.. '... ' Robert Hugh.Oakley CaldwclVHcnry , James Johnson- Harris, Y/i]li'a«i M'Mahon Honrsby, Giles Freathey Sylvester .j.. John's, William Apted Keeble, J.'ls. L. "Lees (in camp with the Twenty-second ■' : Reinforcements), Ernest -Thomas Layburn, Heiiry Taylor Marshall, Leo Dcs- :' mbnd Claude Oswald Pratt, .'•■ Roy George Robiason, William Vivian w Egbert llivhardson, Edward. William Smyrk, John ■ Thoiripson, Robert i Thompson. ' ' 23rd Reinforcements. .;. Ernest Harold Boslier, Charles .Dixon,!,Cj;riL Arthur Giblin, Vauglian -Hastings'-'Goddard, Stanley Hill-Pick-ering, Robert John Irvine, Donald Polson, Robert Duncan ■ Rugg, Marshall ' Whitehorn Savidgo, Robert John Wil--lianison, H. G. Mason, H. C. Morton, E.- M. Phillips, C. N. Blackhouse, H. Coleman, A; B.Christensen, T. Coutts, D. R. Lu'mbleton, V. R. Delaney, I'. ,G. Dyearfc. C. T:.Ellison, G. Furniss, G. H. Pollick,-"' R. V. Fill, W. Gilchrist, ~G; F,Holloway, N. G., Higgings, J. Hutchison, A. R. Hunn, F. Harrison,'W. O. M. Kerr, W. M. Kennedy, • D-. W. : Lamond, T. Lewis, C. • M'Grath, J. N. Maclachlan, R. W. . Millar,-' G. Macey,' J. Howe, E: J. Mason, ( A.-W. Noonan/B. G. Peterson, R. W; Korean/. A. Hi Page, G. Robson; D. -Rogers, J. Simpson, 0. Strong, W, B, Stevenson, T. Turner, F. M. • Thomson, L. G. lliomson, W. .'f. Ward, H: Workman, L. C. West, H. Vallance F. Ferguson, H. V. Baker, E. G. Buchanan,- B. C. B. Dickson, C. L. Collins, W. M. Craig, D. N. Cameron, C. B. Dunn, J. J. Dormer, V. Deane, R. ■ " ' D. C. Davis, C. F. Eteveneaus, S. Flenaughty, C. B. Ferguson, N. Griffiths, L. J. Gray, R. Holland,. J. R. Hamilton, R. M. Jenkin, E. J. Knight, G. Lakft A. W. Lewer, F. G. Luderoor, ... M'Kennn. J. W. Mac Donald, A. Mac.AchanfU F. Martin, C. P. E. Moore, J. W. Miller, R, Myerscough, W. E. -O'Sullivan, A. J. Pirie, A. C. Palmer, A E. Parrott, H. A. Pennipjer, L. C. Rice, J. J. Randal!, R. Smith, AV. t!.. Staub, A. Staub, S."S. Tingey, J. Thorpe, L. Wesley, A. C.. Witney, J. Woodhead, K. E. Lockett, H. J. B. Carruthers. Arthur Otto von Keiseul»rg, T. C. Pracey, A. R. J- Anderson, E. W. C. Cudby, X. Cameron,

I H. A. Colvin, T. De Arth, S. H. Fawcett, E. Fawcett, 0. P. Greeks, J. F. Gordon, A. P. J. Hayes, H. C. Heddifen, D. Handlcy, S. Mansfield, R. Oakley,' C. H. Hose, J. Stockman, AV. A. P. Wheeler,- G. F. Williams, T. G. Webb, H. W. Donnelly, F. C. Zantuck, A. A. H>. Rogers. S. L. Exton, G. Reid, S. C. Reid, H. A. F. QuickC, J. Byrne, Leslie \Y. Butler, William Bohan, Augustus . Church, William Joseph Coventry, George Griffiths, Albert John Lark, Hcber Charles Le Bas, Thomas James Sherrard, Samuel Waters, Percy John M'Caskcy. NELSON SENDS~FULL QUOTA. By Telegraph—Press Association. Nelson, November 14. Nelson's full 'quota for the Twentythird Reinforcements left for Trontham this morning. The Twenty-fourths are also full.