WELLINGTON TOPICS.
THE FIRST DIVISION.
Wellington, arch 30. "Exact calculations regarding the date of the exhaustion of the First Division of the Expeditionary Force Reserve are still impossible, owing to the incompleteness of the available figures concerning the proportion of fit men drawn in the ballots, but the indications are that the Firs.t Division is going to provide recruits for a longer period than was originally expected. The percentage of fit available men is proving high, and the latest returns are understood to indicate that possibly there may be no need to send reservists of the Second Division into camp before the end of the present vear. The proportion of unfit men in each ballot list is likely to increase progressively, owing to the fact that First Division men are still enlisting voluntarily in considerable numbers. The withdrawal of each attested volunteer from the Reserve must decrease the percentage of fit men remaining. But even whim allowance has been made for all the doubtful factors, there remains reason to believe that the First Division still contains at least 12,000, and possibly 15,000, fit men available for service with the forces.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 April 1917, Page 2
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190WELLINGTON TOPICS. Taranaki Daily News, 3 April 1917, Page 2
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