THE VOLUNTEERS.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 September 1922, Page 5

THE VOLUNTEERS.

TARANAKI MEN OFFER. 540 AT NEW PLYMOUTH many IN OTHER TOWNS.

The five hundred mark was reached and passed at New Plymouth yesterday and to date over 540 volunteers have signified their willingness to serve. Names are being continually handed in personally, over the telephone, and by letter, while yesterday advice was received from Opunake that a considerable number of men from that district are anxious to serve. A sergeant-major will proceed there to-day for the purpose of recording names, as well as attending to other Defence Department business.

The type of recruit offering is generally young and virile, though there are some elderly men only too ready to serve in any capacity. The very strong leavening of returned soldiers who have offered to go will mean a lot to the force if it is created, as, once they are in khaki again and handle a rifle, the knowledge of the technicalities of war, which they may have temporarily forgotten, will come back. Such knowledge soon becomes diffused among the other men and makes the time required for training very much shorter. The following are the names handed in yesterday:— Officers: Second-Lieutenant C. O. Edmonds ; Second-Lieutenant A. R. B.

Teeling. Nursing Service: Mies J. Corkill, Miss M. A. Ford, Miss M. Parkinson, Miss D. G. A. Reed. Other Ranks:— Allen, P.; Adam, N.; Aggott, G.; Aitua, T.; Arthur, V. Bleasdale, A. F.; Benton, E.; Barton, A. W.; Bishop, H. R.; Boulton, R. C.; Burkhardt, I. V.; Busby, A.; Bleakley, T. P.

Clare, R. F.; Coad, A. S.; Carroll, P.; Clulon, J. A.; Claffey, L.; Cowie, E. J.; Courtney, H.; Chapman, A.; Cottier, G. M.; Clark, S. A. Dunbar, C. G.; Dowman, J. B. J.; Drake, A. R.; Dean, R. O. Edwards, J.; Epping, W G. Foreman, R. G.; Fussell, R. B.; Frewin, S. R.; Fulton, J. McC. Gibbs, R. F.; Gully, F. V.; Gilbert, A. V.; Giddy, R. M. Hardwidge, M.; Hatley, H.; Hickey, F. E.; Healey, C. H.; Hogan. P. M.; Howell, W.; Hutchings. A.; Hamblyn, F. R.; Hall, C. T.; Hughes, H. D.; Hall, L. H.

Iti, W. Jones, P.; Jones, W.; Jans, F. X.; Jordan, A.; Jenkins, R.; Jury, H. R. King, H.; Keig, R. C.; Klenner, F. J. R.

Lovell, R. L.; Light, C. G.; Lethbridge, R.; Lovegrove, F. B.; Looney A. R.; Lily, G. W.; Loveridge, L. E. Meyer, A* J.; Morgan, J. T.; Milne, V. D.; Mason. A. G. W.; Muitireni, G. P.; Mifichefski, A. J.

McKay, G.; McGowan, J.; McGregor, O. J.

Noble, G. Oliver, H. L.; Oakley, W. E.; Oserost, A.t Officer, J. Parker. H.: Prestney, D.; Pitt, IT.: Pigott, G. R.; Pigott, W. J.; Pitcaithly, F.; Padbury, A. E.; Parker. R.; Puck, J.; Patterson, H.; Priest, F. M. Rawlinson, C. L.; Richardson. W. G.; Robson, W. J.; Rogers, C. R.; Rowe. A. E. Reilly, J. H. F.; Russell, D. W.; Roebuck, S. J. D. Simpson, R.; Steele, E. C.; Shearer, F. J.; Smallfield, E. S.; Smith, W. A.; Simpson, R.; Senter, F. W.; Smith, A.; Smith, P.; Snowball, E.; Spurdie, R. A.; Sampson, L.; Sampson, J. E, Terrill, W. J.; Tullett, A.; Taylor, T. W.; Taylor, A. N. V. Way, N. F.; Wildermoth, B. B. G.; White, C. G.; Webber, R.; Wilkinson, H. F.; Wilson, L. W.; West, E. O.; Wilson, F. E.

Telegrams from other centres give the following figures: Auckland—3lB yesterday, making a total of 1500. Dunedin—23l yesterday, making 669. Wanganui—so yesterday, making 400.

THE RUSH TO SERVE.

ABOUT TEN THOUSAND OFFER. DETAILS OF THE FIGURES. Wellington, Last Night. In the House to-day, Sir R. H. Rhodes, as Minister of Defence, made a statement on the progress of enrolment for the suggested contingent in connection with the Near East crisis. He said headquarter?, had alvised at 9 a.m. to-day that the number of names registered throughout the Dominion was as follows: Northern command —Officers 201, other ranks 3492. Southern command. —Officers 158, other ranks 2677. Nurses registered at the Health Department totalled 128, The totals were: Officers 514, nurses 128, others ranks 7763—a grand total of 8405. At noon to-day Wellington had registered 2001 names, and another 50 were added during the lunch hour, so that the total might be said to be ten thousand. Offers of services had also come in from numerous organisations, all of which were very welcome and encouraging.