CALL TO COLOURS

Evening Star, Issue 23371, 14 September 1939, Page 12

CALL TO COLOURS

SPECIAL MILITARY FORCE GRATIFYING RESPONSE BY RECRUITS MEDICAL EXAMINATION COMMENCES Not since the commencement of the Great War has the Drill Hall been so militaristic, and yesterday the rush to enlist commenced in earnest. Whereas during the past few months the enrolments have been spasmodic, yesterday there was a regular rush of recruits applying for acceptance in the special military force for overseas service or within the Dominion. There were 76 further applications yesterday, bringing the total to 417. The next stage after enrolling—the medical examination—was commenced last evening and was continued to-day. It is expected that the examination of all the applicants will not be completed until the end of next week. All eligible single men at least, according to the staff area officer (Major A. Bongard) can expect to attend for medical examination within the next few days. There were five clerks and a typist, with three assistants during the busiest period, to cope with the rush to enlist, and they carried out their heavy work quickly and efficiently. The office at the Drill Hall is open from 9 a.m. until 5.30 p.m., after which the checking and filing and official examination of the registrations have to be made. Indicative of the widespread desire to assist in the defence of New Zealand in the Otago district has been the number of inquiries made to the authorities, _ including 20 postal applications to join. Over 20 forms have been sent out by letter already. All types of men are recruiting, and very favourable comment on their general appearance and bearing has been* made by officers of the Army Department. Their occupations range from company directors to labourers. Included in those who have registered are an ex-Grenadier Guardsman, a former lieutenant in the Royal Marines, and an ex-Royal Marine. Serving Territorials have been given a commendable lead by two of their officers. They are Captains C. Wilson and 11. S. Orr, who were the first two to make their applications. The roll for yesterday and this morning included'several serving and retired officers. The "registrations are being made in five groups. Group No. 1 includes officers on both the reserve and the active lists. Groun No. 1A is for retired or ex-officers, Group No. 2 is for single men, group No. 3 for married men without children, and group No. 4 for married men with children. _ The first day’s registrations, grouped in their respective sections and in alphabetical order, were as follows: DUNERIN GROUP I. Lieutenant Barry. Captain Edgar Ernest Stewart Clarke, Captain Reginald Walter Creeser. Major Allen Cross Finlay son. Lieutenant Alfred Lorimer Hogg, Second-lieutenant William Hoseit. Lieutenant George Raymond Kirk. Captain Ralph Gordon M’Kinlay, Lieutenant Barry George M’Avoy. Captain Robert Sydney Orr. Lieutenant Hoani Haereroa Parata, Lieutenant-colonel Ralph Ernest Sleigh, Major Peter William Gordon Spiers. Captain Clifford Wilson. GROUP I A. Ralph Fell Smith. GROUP 11. Errol Sampson Allison, Michael Arthur Andrew, John Agriew, James Anderson Thomas Henry Cole Anderson, Walter Ernest Andrew, George Rankin Aston, Ronald Arthur, William George Aughton, John Earl Aitken, William Angus. Percy William Hatherall Burns, William Herbert Bowling, James Arthur Ballantyne, Reginald Alfred Baker, Samuel Joseph Blee, Charles Sydney Bell, Alexander David Braid, James Stanley Barr, Alexander James Brennan, Thomas Samuel Blanchard, Jack Williamson Brockie, Anthony Lester Binns. James Francis Barrowman, Nelson Blackburn, Edwin Lindsay Briggs, Douglas Hamilton Boyes, John Taylor Bell, Albert James Bellesky, Thomas Fergus Bege, Ronald Cyril Birch all. Arthur Edward Chalmers, James Alexander Carman, Archibald Crawford, Ivan Gordon Sinclair Collins, John Edward Collins, Frank Cook Christie, Edward Chambers, Gordon William Crawford, John Cecil Campbell, Ronald Stuart Campbell, Robert Clark. John Percival . Cunningham, Henry Ridley Smith Bnrraclough Clark, Charles Victor Christie. Robert Allan Crawford, John Alnhonsus Cousins, Ronald- John Ernest Carvalho. William James Darling, John Temple Darling, Harold Douglas Davidson, Stewart Sinclair Daniel Douglas Den-

sen, Samuel Francis Dec, Frank Lancelot Duclmau, Thomas Frew Dunlop, Harry James Davis, Peter Dunlop, William Davidson, James Donaldson, Norman Forbes Duncan, Walter Brainbridge Cecil Clinton Dysart, William Stewart Duke, William Downio Davidson, Walter Samuel Dawes. Leslie Argus Ellis, William Thomas Eliott, Eric Neil Elder, William Endi-cott-Davies, George Leslie Day. Percy Janies Fraser, Joseph Freeman, Alan Dudley Foxall, Michael Albert Fraser, James Carson Fletcher, Alan Philip Freeman.

Alexander Gibson, Francis Thomas Geary, John Lancelot Gladstone, David Gillan, John Martin Grove, Allan Bruce Gladwin, Willison Gorman, Arthur Albert Gray, Arthur William G.ye, Hugh Greig. Lancelot Hugo Hoffman, William Henry Haughton, John Ferguson Herd, Eric Andrew Hook, Francis lan Harris. Norman Blackwood Howie. Archibald Maclean Hastie, Alfred Stuart Hitchcox, Hugh Devon Holmes, Frank Raymond Hull. George Campbell Haydon, George Thomas Lister, Peter Halbert Slcnn Hamilton, Eric Harris, John Hogg, Charles John Murrell, George Robert Hart John Alexander Horn, Colin Albert Stanley Horn, Thomas William Holland.

Roy Thomas Isltt. Peter M’Bey Joss, Victor David James, Charles Kenneth Jenkins.

John Alfred Kennedy, Alfred Ernest Keen. Evan Lawrence, Alan Lucas, Allan Douglas Lewis Lament, Arthur William Longman, Raymond James Lynch.

Alan Lawrence Murray, Stanley Joseph Mason, Edward James Morrison, Edward Francis Mason, Governor Matthews, Alexander Mawhinney, James Frederick Moodie, John Lindsay Marks, William (Robert Mountfiekl. Gavin Allan Murray, Len Arthur Maugham Lewis Gabriel Mendelssohn, Bruce Noble Mitchell, William Norrie Mitchell, __ Thomas Francis Mulhern, John Kitto Michael, Alan John Mathie, Jack Parsons Murdoch, lan Brown Munvo, Michael Murphy. Lawrence Eric Miller.

Roderick William Ellison M'Lean, Alexander Campbell M'Kinnon. Trevor Denzie M'Callum, Ronald James M'Leod, Charles Alfred M’Laren, Dawson M’Robie, Hector Edward M'Lenaghin, Ronald Forrester M’Farlane, Alexander lan MacKenzie, William Donald M‘Donald, Reginald Joseph M'Dowell, Janies M‘Neill, lan M‘Fadyen, Robert M‘Neill, Norman Joffre M'Taggart, Robert George M‘Tigne, Charles Alexander M'Murtrie, William Andrew M'Auslin, David Thomas George M'Ara, Duncan Albert M‘Farlane.

Arthur Robert Neilson, Jack Bernard Newman, Peter Nicolson.

Michael George Thomas Francis Olsen

O’Callaghan,

Walter Allan Paterson, Marshall Pearce, Alexandex Patrick, Arthur Bennett Portman, Herbert John Philp, Robert Alexander Pearson, Wallace Percival Roy Price. Alfred Ben Parke.

JTack Harte Richan, Alister John Reid, Alan Govau Russell, John Quenell Romerill, Henry Grattan Roughan, Clarence Oswald Ryder, Walter Robert Rees, John Forsyth Robertson, Ronald Vernon Ritchie. Lionel Francis Smith, Gordon Stirling, Edward George Spinner, Philip James Stokes, Lionel Vernon Simmonds, William Alexander Sharpe, Ronald Arthur Elphanston . Smith. Harry Russel Spratt, Leslie Albert Smith, James William Shaw, Edward Lonsdale John Smail, Leonard Sheridan Smith, Alan Richard Stringer. James Shaw, William M'Naughton Somerville, Herbert Walter Steers, Richard John Stent,: George Edward Stevens, Joseph Fansh Douglas Hisey Stevenson, Hugh Cunningham Robertson Spense Robert Ross Townsend, Geoffrey Liddell Tyrie, Joseph Alexander Trotter, William Francis Titchener, Julian Guy Tayon, Robert Rish Tweeddale. Walter Thomson Thomas Errol Vivian, Stanley Neiieon Vickers. John Kemnitz Veitch Leonard Walmsley, Frederick Willis, Arthur David Williams, James William Weir, James Samuel Wootton, George Joseph Walsh. Harold Wilson. John Minto Welsh, Olliver Douglas Walesby. Alan Arthur Walker, Earle Woolford, Leslie Spenser Wilson, Norman John Walmsley, George David WightDavid Clarence White, Charles M'Lean Webster, Albert Edward B. Wilson. Alfred Willis, Eric Haughtou Willis, Keith James Wilson, Eugene Archie Ward, Benjamin diaries Woolsley. GROUP 3. Ralph Allan, John Joseph AnderPercy Freer Crawford, Keith M‘intyre Cameron, Joseph William Day. ” Rewi Harrison. Robert William Johansen. Leslie Robert Keith, James Robert Kirkham. Francis William Little. John Kenneth Palmer, Lawrence Thomas Pettit. William Scott, Douglas James Sharpe. Leslie Stewart Winefield. GROUP 4. Edward Janies Alden. Eric Allison Browu, William Ernest Bruce. . Clarence Arthur Colin Cheshire George Edward Casey. Ivan George Dey. William Easton.

Lawrence William Hobby, Joseph Stuart Bruce Haig. Leonard Harvey Jackson, Ernest Fred. Jones, James Raymond Jarvie, Robert Henry Edwin Lamb. Eric Stanley Mills, Francis Chaver Matthews, John Francis Mitchell, Robert Rae Spense Mattingly. William M'Nair, Victor Tasman M'Queen, Robert Campbell Macfarlane, David James M'Whinney, Alexander MacDonald. Thomas M'Garva Nelson. Ronald Douglas Overton. Harry Theodore Palenski, Reginald Pomeroy, Robert Stanley Paterson, Arthur Ronald Rarkiu, Herbert George Rerks. William Hugh Shearer, James Robert Stanley Sutherland, Stephen Michael Scoles. Alexander Douglas Scott, Findlay Thomas Scott. Archibald Purdie Smith, Christopher Clifford Smith Horace Mansfield Sullivan. George Thompson. Leo Alphonsus Wilson. David Young. OAMARU GROUP 2. William Lloyd Alexander. Collier Cunningham Beswick, Charles Henry Barsdell, Wilfred George Bruce. James Stewart Campbell, Reginald Chalklen. Ronald Eubert Dickson. John Joseph Doak, Douglas Clifton Davies. Percival Ede, Clifford John Ewing. John Lancelot Greenbank, Robert John Grant. Ivan Carl Hiutz. Neil Dixon Low. William Albert Marshall, Rex M'Lean Miller, John Meakes Mon teat h, William Francis Moore. _ Cuthbert James Nisbet, Eve ret August Nyberg. Richard Mitchell Scott Orb'ell. David Leslie Rutherford. Roland William Smith, Percival James Stanger. Munro James Wilson, Eric Weir, Stuart Sinclair Featherston Wilson, GROUP 3. Arthur Lawrence Familton. GROUP 4. Victor James Barker. Wilfred Christen. William Dickson Hector Charles Joyce. Herbert William Kelliher. Hector Meihana. northern enrolments Over 400 young men volunteered yesterday at various centres in the northern military district, a result which was considered to be very encouraging. This number of enlistments brought the aggregate to 3,048 after two days’ recruit111A further 96 recruits for the special military force came forward yesterday in area GB. for which Palmerston North is the headquarters, bringing the total to 826 at 9 o’clock last night. The total enlistments in Christchurch are now 605.