DOMINION’S WAR WASTAGE.

Taihape Daily Times, 16 April 1919, Page 4

DOMINION’S WAR WASTAGE.

FIGURES AND FACTS,

4000 UNDISCHARGED IN NEW ZEALAND.

In the course of discussing the Dominion’s casualty list, which a Press

Association message, states yesterday' totalled 57,929 in killed and on March 31st, the Minister for De : fence (Sir James Allen said this morning that as published the list was mis-"Hi leading. There had been this number of casualties. it was true, but many of them, had recovered, and had been discharged; though, on the other hand, a certain percentage of the wounded would be permanently disabled. Altogether 11-19 officers had been gazetted out of the service, while 31,986 non- - commissioned officers 'and mien ‘had been discharged from the main Expeditionary Force, in addition to which 1357 officers and men had been gazetted out and discharged from the Samoa Force of occupation, making a total of 34,792 officers and men, a- large proportion of whom had returned to New Zealand as casualties. At the present time, added the Minister, there were in the Dominion Gl6 hospital in-patients, 617 in convalescent homes, 2704 outpatients, and 240 on sick leave, making a further 3977 men. ‘ Sir Janies added that ho hoped the last of our sick and wounded soldiers would leave England this month.