To Serve The Empire

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 July 1916, Page 3

To Serve The Empire

AS APPEAL BT TIIK l'U KM I KR. (•Special Message to The Chronicle). (By Telegraph). "Wellington, July "i-'i. Th-> registrations for the 19111 Reinforcements. which mobilise for triiining ibis we k, show a Dominion excess of OS over norma! requirements. The official figures of the enlistments lor the infantry of ail other arms of the service being full, at date of I'riday, th._> 21 st innt.. are as follows: Au.-k-Lind miliary district, an excess of 1 : Well ngton. 7."); Canterbury. 32 ; Otago shortage of 10; or a total Dominion exce-.s of 98. At the same date lloS infill-try had registered for the 20th Bei»» foremen t«, ft-hir-h jg due to mobilise Mt the end of August. Aa the. noHiiftl I'eqtlti-Biiioiit for iii f ji,u lr,v for cjieli four-weekly draft is 1M1<! men, the present registrations for the "oth leave a shortage of 058 men to be touifii in the coining month. Hie Anzao Corps are now taking a glorious l>art in the stirring deeds of the present givat western offensive, and it is lioi necessary for me to remind e verylit aud eligible man in the -Dominion ol Uie urgent tail that daily comes from his commdws and fellow-oitizens in i'rance to com® forward a-rul lili the gups in the ranks. We read that the Germans are wondering how great are the English reserves, because they know that the continuance of our offensive will depend on our reserve strength. Let the military manhood ol tins Dominion, by keeping up a steady flow o£ reinforcements demonstrate to the enemy that our reserve force is sufficient to continue the offensive till a definite victory is achieved. It will be a truly glorious achievement .ii we can maintain our flow of recruits by voluntary enlistment; but maintained they must be; whether by the voluntary principle or by bringing into force the compulsory powers contained in the Military Service Act.