THE CALL FOR MEN
TARANAKI'S NEXT QUOT/b COMPRISES 144 MEN. A SHORTAGE OP Advice lias been reecived that ta{ Taranaki quota for the Fourteenth Betaforcements has been fixed at M 4 man of all arms. The men will leave foi Trenthani by the wail train on Monday, March 6. Major J. McXaught, commander of tha. Taranaki military area, stated yeater* day that although there was a shortage) in the Thirteenth Reinforcements, Taranaki had sent ite full complement, and so had maintained its splendid fepUta* tion for good recruiting, but an effort was now required to ensure the next quota going away at full Ureogtii.. Major McNaught said that of 144 men required to leave on March 0 all arms were now filled except the infantry, and of 97 infantrymen required 62 tad beeg parsed as tit, leaving 35 men to be secured in fourteen days (excluding Suft? days).
The detailed position is as follow*:-* Unit Required. Secured Infantry ....t*..-**.,. 97 62 Mounted Rifles „.„.,.*., 26 85 Artillery «.,..:.»« 10 }9 Engineers -S-.-..-.M 7 1 Army Service Corps ..„■ 3 9 Signallers tJ ,. IJLXXiy „I„ 1 \
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1916, Page 5
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182THE CALL FOR MEN Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1916, Page 5
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