THE CALL FOR MEN.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 231, 28 September 1915, Page 4

THE CALL FOR MEN.

HOW AUCKLAND STANDS. AC-IVE RECRLTTrXG XECESSABI. MEN' ACCEPTED AT RATE OF! 150 PER WEEK. -Aβ stated yesterday, between now tIA the first week in January tome 13,708 men wiU require to go into tßlißißf ta N"ew Zealand in order that we shall fulfl our obligations in keeping up necessary re.iak.rwments. Of this number,' ai » verji modest estimate. AuddaJUl *iH have to find 3SOO. This number represents our effort on the assumption tittt the male population of the province il 133,245 (out of 539.522 in New Zealand), and that our contribution -will be At the rate of 24.7 per cent. It does not r«#friife the fact, however, that in Aucklsnd thp proportion of eligible young meri* probably in excess of Southern miliUJj' district*, anri that accordingly we *fi have to find a far greater proportion. For instance, next month 5300 men go inio camp from all paru of the DomifiiOß. Of that number Auckland will contribute 30 per cent. If we have to contribute 30 per cent, of the 13,700 men required in the period named it will repreieai tho calling up of. roughly, 5000 mrtMeantime, however, it is eufficieat to take the Department's figures, aad , »*• 6>ime that we are going to send 24.7 ptf c<-nt. That means 3S&) men. -AlrWf tin* diatnrt ha a aotined 1600 men tk»S they i\re wanted in the October qaot*. The- Dominion's effort for tiit mMti is to total xm. Tho district qtiott* were madt- up in accordance with, ti* oien then waiting to be called np. 08 th« Auckland books were l<3oo n»aAuckljuid's quota wig declared acoon* inglv. That happened nearly a fortnigbi «J*» and it left the enrolment books compaw lively clear, and left the military ** thorities with the problem of"fiodiae iiOO more men between September 1* acd the first week in January, WO of whom had, to come forward before 9tll November. Theoe figures represent U* niiinliera of men actually wanted. Allo* , in; ii p,. r f^nt f or rejects, -it- WWg* that 2750 men would require to «nlist ( lht, moms enlistment at the rate o> -IT men p , ' l " «cpk. Inquiry at the P*" lenee Ofliv, Rutland street, thie morS' in-' elicitß t-ho_ information th»i W .luthoritics are hopeful that the reyiirM number of m<> n will be. forthcoffliW Since September 13 recruits have b«B accepted at the rate (if 150 per Week, »B» the authorities will wait until October before announcing whether asj special measures to ensure artite If crujting are necessary.