RECRUITING.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1406, 3 June 1915, Page 2

RECRUITING.

A kew days ago it was stated in the Dominion that 10,600 men are required by the middle of December, and 5,300 between December 12 and April 16. Since August New Zealand has raised 25.800 men, which is at a rate of 2,580 men per month. At that rate New Zealand will in the next six months (from the middle of June 10 the middle of December) secure 15,480 men ; and from the middle of December to the middle of April will enrol 10,320 men. This rate would produce an aggregate for the two periods of 25,800 men, whereas only 15.900 are said to be required. In our last issue we published figures showing what lorces had been raised during a period ol leu mouths, totalling 25,800. The men of military age (between 20 years and 40 years) in the Dominion number about 195.000. When the 19a census was taken the figures were : Between 20 and 25 ... 49,692 Between 25 and 30 ... 54,694 Between 30 and 35 ... 49.410 Between 35 and 40 ... 39,458 Total i 93 . 254 When the age limit is lowered, men between eighteen and twenty years will be brought within the term “military age,” Their numbers will increase the total by about 22,000. The men between forty years and forty-five years number about 28,000. So if New Zealand ordered out all its men who are between eighteen and forty-five years of age, her army would total nearly 245.000 men. Deducting unfits, the ranks would certainly include over 200,000 men. Supposing all the fit men between the years of eighteen and forty-five were called up, there would be in addition to the unfits about 82,000 men left to carry on the industries of the country. The details are : Between 15 and iS ... 22,000 Between 45 and 50 ... 24,000 Between 50 and 55 ... 20,000 Between 55 and 60 ... 16,000 Total 82,000 As there has been some controversy on the subject of the duty of married men in regard to tue recruiting campaign, it should be helpful to state the numbers of single men of military age who call New Zealand their country. In 1911 there were 150,000 unman led men of twenty years and over, The statistics show that 110,000 of these were between twenty and forty years of age. Almost the whole ol the 18,000 men between eighteen and twenty are single, which brings the total of unmarried men up to 128,000, So far we have raised 25,800 men, and allowing that 22,000 of these are single, there yet remain in New Zealand 106,000 single men of military age. After considering the numbers of single men, it is informative to ascertain how many married men have no children in their families. These men number roughly 30,000,