DOMINIONS PART.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 December 1915, Page 5

DOMINIONS PART.

NATIONAL REGISTER. AN EXCELLENT RESULT. MORE THAN 100,000 WILLING TO SERVE. By Telegraph.—-Press Association Wellington, Dec. 7. According to the National RegUtef 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 i» 109,08.1, made up as follows: Single men and widowers with- » out dependents '... 33,127 Single men with dependents ..., 16,321 Widowers wfth dependents ... 947 Married men with wife only .. 6,944 Married men with wife and with dependents 50,344 Other results show that the number not prepared to volunteer for the expeditionary forces, but willing to servo in a civil capacity, is 43,524. Those not prepared to volunteer nor to serve in a civil capacity number 34,380.

Volunteered for the expeditionary forces, but rejected, 9042. British subjects incapacitated for milif tary- service, 300.1. Foreign subjects, 3026. «

A few brief comments were made by Mr. Massey to a Post representative this afternoon on tlie National Register figures. "I consider the results of thf war census exceedingly satisfactory," he said, "and creditable to the men of New Zealand. I had perfect confidence that \vhen the position was put to them they would do the right thing, and I am satisfied now that they will come forward when wanted, and so far as I am able to judge a very Urge pro* portion of those willing will foe re* quired."

Speaking of the 34,386 not prepared to volunteer for the expeditionary force nor serve in a civil capacity, Mr. Massey said: ''lt must be remenibered that a number of them were men with families and in farms or businesses iii a small way, and to leave in existing condition* perhaps would mean ruin. When the actual position was known he believed it. would j be found that this position applied to the largest proportion of that number. The registration cards gave very little room for explanations of this kind."

THE ELEVENTHS. 300 MORE MEN-WANTED. Wellington, Last Night. It is officially announced by the Defence authorities to-dav that ''on paper," as a result of Inst week's recruiting, the Eleventh Reinforcement?, who are going into camp on the Htll inst., have been secured. It was. expected, however, that' a considerable, proportion of the latent men who had enlisted would be rejected as medically unfit, and that a further number of tho.se who had signed on for the Kieventi would fail to turn up, Th'is befog f.o, the Defence authorities required a, further .loft men to enlist at once, tf i;'o into camp next week. The pe/cci'tage of registrations n:\A enlistments., including unfit-.', on Sttttrday last for the four military district* throughout the Dominion were a- under, those for the pro.ccdii'g weel; being: given for the sake of comparison.—

- to c 1* °A At .j a % .- rX .'- o S £■ r~ ~~ CV-, £ 5, Auckland .. 24.fi:i 30.15 215.0 Wellington .. . . 4!).H7 :io„s4 32.4 Canterbury .. .. lii.DT 1 S.J J •M.S Otago ...... .. 0.33 11.(1(1 I7.S