NEW ZEALAND’S PART IN THE WAR.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1451, 25 September 1915, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND’S PART IN THE WAR.

SOME INTERESTING FIGURES. MORE ENLISTMENTS IMPERATIVE:. It seems clear that New Zealand will have to speed up its recruiting if it is to meet the demands of the immediate future, and meet them in the time appointed. Figures show our position more clearly than woids do, and the necessary figures follow : The men we have despatched are : Samoan Expedition ... r,4 IC ) Main Body ... ... 7.7 (jI First Reinforcements ... 73S Second Reinforcements 1,974 Third Reinforcements ... 1,712 Fourth Keinforceraenls 2,2(11 Fifth Reinforcements ... 2,389 Sixth Reinforcements ... 2,440 Samoan Relief F'orce ... 600 Maori Contingent ... 51S Maori Reinfoiccmenls ... 330 Total 22,142 In training wc now have about 8,000 men, as follows ; Seventh Reinforcements 2,200 Eighth Reinforcements ... 3,300 Two Trentham Battalions 2,300 Total ... • 8,000 We are calling up for October nearly 6,000 : Ninth Reinforcements and new Treuthams ... 5,300 Tenth’s N.C.O.’s (say) ... 500 Total ... ... 5,500 Our immediate requirements are : By about November Bth (the Tenth) ... ... 4,000 N.C.O.’s for Eleventh ... 400 By early January (the Eleventh,) ... ... 4,000 Total 8,400 A rough analysis of our resources shows : Single men of military age when war began 128,000 Allowance for unfitness 38,000 Net total fit men ... 90,000 Total men called up ... 36,000 Fit single men yet available ... 54,000 “The War Office,” said Ike Hon. James Allen, in the course of an interview, “has answered our question as to whether we should increase our percentage of reinforcements. They have fold us to remain at the 15 per cent, monthly until they notify us to the contrary. We have got 6,000 men to come in dining October,” continued the Minister, “and we waut 4,000 in November, 4,000 in January, and 4,000 every two months afterwards.”