VOLUNTEERS FOR SERVICE.

', : ■':: ■.•■■ itES]?ONSB- : BTIEtrGBT MEN/. .'; —, ' . of . Wellington, '■'', ; .'lia7 i e_i6spanded.-*a),,freely..to.:thexcall to, •' ■■ arms that; the championships have been. '■■■ closed.' The Wellington Club, iwhich. was ' leading (with Athletic) for the Senior Cup, , tad ten of itsntteen-.chosen'for the Aα- ': v.vonce- Party, and altogether, about fifty •'•.■■■''-■■'v.memters.of the "club are among ( those ■ ' club'a-committee, ihasrbeen.f : ; iwiped' -but-^ecretary, . treasurer, and ex-.. 1: . -ecittive. V &„:.;;: r i, , : ,, , ' ••■• "'■'■■ The Athletic- Club, 'also,"'contributed ; freely in men.'^ltj.junior .fifteen, except !'■•■■'■'■• pno- man, has "entirely vanished.- Thirty : .V,of the Oriental Club are-in the party, ■'.'.■i , .!;pnd, ; .otjier',pVu]M'.an? represented. '•/'- (By iclegrapli.—Special CorrespondenU V ■ i N., , August 12. ' • 'At two o'clock yesterday 163 officers and ■{1671 men, in the Wellington military 'district, had offered for service in , the ■ Expeditionary -Povces, in--addition -■ thoso who have already departed. The ' men'.'.;comprise .1235,. Wellington, civilians,. ■ B,n'd ;! iß4''Palmerston''civilians; 1 '-■■■■■ ' ■ - IVenty members, of the Jlanawatu '■'.:■' •jlotoi^vcle : "Ghib''have-definitely-offered their-services os dispatch locally ibr abroad. ,' '---..- : ~ '-. '■' _,(3By,.Xclegrftph-Bieea./ / AB.?o.clat,ion.) ;, ;j /'*'.",': ' Aucklapd, August 12. - . fA';*. loaders-authorised Lieutenant-Colonel Bell .-'- -to'-off?! , -'' the , Dffence' Department on'lje-^ ' :, :half of Labour ■a'-reßiiuent»'for.vservice '" 'at home:or abroad. The'speakers em- ■:■'-.': lihasisod tho fact-'that'although-Labour ■ • liad had its troubles in the past nnd / -would havo in , would in i■■ / time-'«f.-a,i'great crisis present a^united . ' ■ front'for ; th 6 Empire. Lieutehaiit-Colo.ne] : Bell_ said he appreciated thq_ fine spirit BEownV-iind' would,,-haye great.,! pleasure ■ .-. in "conveying ..tho'-'offer, to .the • Depart- ' > jnent. ■; .■*■."■:.!>•>■.>■■'■•..*. ; jThe raqbil|sation of '"Auckland's quota tc ■ .tne""Bxpedftioniify"lforce continues/ anc ' ortif'fdUt-'huTidvqd bfficcrsr a'ndviheir art pov/'WiOm "canvas. : ■• - :'■ ,■■-•.-■. 'Gisborne;[August 12. : . Six Army and , -Navy reservists left foi . • thei-.Eouth-.b.v the Mokoia this evening, nnd were enthusiastically fare'wolled. II J3 ; uaiderstood-£hat the first section of tht ' .-■■ Gisborno.cftntingent. to the Expeditionarj ' 'Porco (50 men and'.horses) will lefive foi thesoutli on.l'riday, and an infantrj-.sec " ' -. tipn,.is ..expected ,to .leave on Sunday. Th< ■ ; '.- Citizens'.Defence-.Committee 'liasi'.ehrollet • : '- , -' a'jlarge.number, pf.men for'.local defence and: is- endeavoaring to' ptoyido. then ;ivith.-rifles.,... ~'., ..-'■".. .. ,- ' -r . - .; . ; Pah latua, August 12. Approximately sixty infantrymen, in thi -■■-'■:' jahiatua, military, .district have volun Jeered-for servicej.,'also'"fifty . mouhtet ■•'.'■ .men. ThS local branch.'of. theAmbulano : •' (fissociatipn is taking steps to obtain re duisltes' &t the Expeditionary Force..' ' '.■ "'''.'':.'\' 1" V.''".'' 'Gore,.-August 12.The' first'batch of Gore volunteers fo the Expeditionary Force,: 18: in numbei left to-day, after an enthusiastic fort ■well One hundred and twenty of th National. Keserve subsequently, paradec ,■ v -.New Plymouth, August 12. first oontingent.is.novi:.read for dispatch -to Wellington.. . ■ • ■ - i .- .'!.,:■■'. ■-<-■"' ■''■'■'.. :■■■-■'■ '■■ ' ' 'FAREWELL FUNCTIONS : Over 100 Old Boys of Wellington Co le»6'are members of the advance part of the Expeditionary Force to sail shor ly. The committee of the Old Boys' Assi c'iation has dispatched tho following le ter to Lieut-Colonel C. Haxcourt Tonic nnd Major. E. St. J. Beere, for circnlatio ninong.them:—"The commitleo of .the 01 Boys' Association, on tho ove of your di '-p'artirre,-' as worthy inemliers'of the ai vance- guard of. the Expeditionary Fore ■ -■-■- for'-tile.-seat of n-ar,' tteire to convey. I : ! ' viu 1 all our-heartiest and best. wishes •f( eucwss in all your undertakings, and '' gate Tcturn home. SVe applaud- the epv

hat has actuated yon all in offering your 1 iervicea to "your country, and we feel I lertain you will bear your part as becomes i Jritishers':,an.d.soldiers. ■ If is a soutco i if tho greatest prido and satisfaction to he old sohool that so many of its Old t 3oys are'in'-the,'first party; from the t 3oinini6n;"lp.: take the field. We know' t hat its; besttraditions,arc safe in your t lands,, dud s 'your career under arms will i » watched"i\vith deepest-interest by the J )ld Boys' Association.—M. C. Barnett, (resident; W., W. Cook, eecretarv." t ICr. Barnett, president of the Wellington-College Old Boys' Association, c ma presented Major E. St. J. Beore, mtli 'J t pair. of prismatic field-glasses; and the j :i-presideht, ! ;Mr.. WJ E. .Bethune,. has ( ilso given: him a night compass. Yesterday afternoon five of the Training' t Allege students tvlw have joined the Ex- j wditioaary IVjrco assembled in the Hall t o bid farewell to the staff and children. Phey were, ; received with applause, Mr. '. C Webb, headmaster, introduced each \ o those present. Cheors were given, and f ho National Anthem was then sung, . ifter which followed three cheers for the , «ng. ■•;• ■,--.■■ , ~.■-;.! Mr. 'A', Hall, private secretary to the . lon. F, M. B. Fisher, who is going to J he. war witt the main, body .of %e'New .. !ealand Expeditionary. 'Force, was pre- J ented last night by. his colleagues, the , irirate secretaries of other Ministers, i nth a suitable gift. Mr. Hall goes into :amp with the force to-day at Palmeriton.,'.',,.-" ..'..,. ■ .-. •■ . j