WILLING TO FIGHT
OUR NATIONAL REGISTER
109,683 MEN OFFER, IF REQUIRED
34,386 " SLACKERS "
According .to the National Register returns, the total number of men in New Zealand between the ages of .-19 and 44 who are willing to become - members of .an, Expeditionary Force if required is 109,683, made up as follows : — Single men and widowers without dependents ... 33,127 Singie men with dependents ... 16,321 Widowers with dependents ... -.. ■■ 947 Married, with wife only' ... 8,944 Married, with wife and other dependents .... ... 50,344 Not prepared to volunteer with Expeditionary Force, but will- • ing to serve in a civil capacity 43,524 Volunteered for Expeditionary ... 9,042 ' British subjects incapacitated for military service ... 3,963 • Foreign subjects incapacitated for military service ... . 3,206 ~ Not prepared to volunteer nor serve in a civil capacity ... 34,386
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 9 December 1915, Page 2
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126WILLING TO FIGHT Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 9 December 1915, Page 2
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