MEN AVAILABLE.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 March 1917, Page 2

MEN AVAILABLE.

FIRST DIVISION RESERVISTS. '53,119 LEFT AFTER FIFTH BALLOT. Mr. ?,faleolm Frafier (Government Statieian) prepared, en tho conclusion of tlie fifth ballot on March "7, a return winch shows that there were still 55,413 First Division reservists left. The number of men absorbed by the fifth ballot was 45:;:!, and at this rate it will-not bo necessary to call up any Second Division reservists until November or December next. The number of men left in the First Division is, indeed, sufficient for twelve more monthly drafts; hut, of course, ''unfits" and exemptions by the Military Service Boards must be allowed for. The number of First Division reservists left, in each recruit in;; district on the close of tin; fifth ballot is shown by the following table:Ist Division Recruiting Men District. Remaining. N'o. I—Auckland City *-..... 8,529 » 2—HauraUi .... 1,4.31 „ 3—North Auckland »■."..j 1,(137 ~ 4—Waikato 2.4.'1fl „ o—Wellington City ...-,■ 5,165 „ C—Manawatu ..... i... 2;554 „ 7—Hawke's Bay w ........ 2,137 „ B—Tnranaki ........... 2,652 „ 9—Christchurcli ...'....-.- 4,1!53 „ 10—South Canterbury .. 2.513 „ 11—North Canterbury ~., 1,420 „ 12—Nelson '.... ],<!(il ~ 13—Duncdin -....., 3,534 „ 14—Southland , 3,257 „ 15—North Otago . 1,183 „ 10—Clutha ...... 1,081 „ 17—Bay of Plenty ..v... : 1,110 „ 18—Wairarapa ......... 2,120 ,„ 10—Poverty Bay l.fiSS „ -20—Wanganui , 2,0'31) „ 21—West Coast ; 2,237 ' Total ..—■ 55,119 Voluntary recruiting for the 30th Bein torecments is to close at the end of next week, and a ballot to make up the deficiencies in the drafts will be taken the following week.