DOMINION'S PART.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 May 1916, Page 5

DOMINION'S PART.

SIXTEENTH REINFORCEMENTS

RECRUITING BOARD'S STATEMENT. TARANAKI SHORTAGE ONLY ONE. Wellington, Monday. The following statement was issued to-night by the Recruiting Board:Enlistments for the infantry for the 10th Reinforcements, due to go into camp this week, have been very satisfactory on the whole, absolutely so in those districts where the Board's scheme has been in operation, as in the case of Auckland, where a live campaign has been conducted. The Auckland and Otago districts have enlisted more men than their quota. Canterbury is only flO men short, and this is mainly owing to the -shortage in Group No. 'J, with headquarters at Christchurch city; while the Wellington district has reduced its shortage to 142. The total net shortage for the Dominion for the 16th Reinforcements is 172, as compared with a shortage of 643 for the 15th Reinforcements at the corresponding date last month. It will thus bo seen that the operation of the new recruiting scheme has effected a marked improvement. The following table shows the position of enlistments for the 16th Reinforcements in the several Group areas as on Saturday last, April 29: Auckland Military District.-—Group 1 (Auckland City), surplus 153; Group 2 (Paeroa), shortage 27; Group 3 (Whangarei), shortage 23; Group 4 (Hamilton), shortage 53. Total for Auckland military district, surplus 50. Wellington Military District. —Group 5 (Wellington City), shortage 36; Group 6 (iPalmerston North), shortage 17; Group 7 (Napier), shortage 65; Group 7a (Masterton), shortage 23; Group 8 (Hawera), shortage 1. Total for Wellington district, shortage 142. Canterbury Military District.—Group !• (Christchurch City), shortage 72; Group 10 (Tinia.ru), surplus 11; Group 11 (Kaiapoi), shortage 3; Group 11a (Greymouth), shortage 29; Group 12 (Nelson), surplus 3. Total Canterbury district, shortage 90. Otago Military District. —Group 13 (Dunedin City), surplus 45; Group 14 (Inyercargill), shortage 15; Group 15 (Oamaru), shortage 11; Group 10 (Milton), shortage 0, .Jfljil Ota*) dis.tri«t, .surplus l%i