STEADY RECRUITING,

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 65, 16 March 1916, Page 2

STEADY RECRUITING,

82cTisi:N Hi eleven bays. THE 1000 MAKE. BY SATURDAY. SO MANX REJECTIONS. ""Slx^"'men"went , .to-day to fitt.p.ips in tlie Southern' Reinforceliientr. (.in? hundred were required, but 1 n considerable number, when invited to ] £« into vamp forthwith, declined to be iitttuhed' to Southern quotas, and an- i iiouni-ed that they desired to go with 11 tlic Auckland draft. Tho»e who went by the noon express to-day included .sir-infant fyihen, 14 mounted rittcmen, 'and 8 "tnijri'iieers. .Thirty,men left Auckland earlier in. the week, also to make up- shortages, and another-30-are required. > Meantime- the recruiting 'boom in' Auckland speeds merrily along. Since the new city recruiting station opened,, eleven days ago, S2O men bare enlisted. Of this niimber .370 have been accepted, 262 have been deferred* and-ISS rejected. The high percentage of men rejected may' possibly be put down to the fact that, a good many- meny previously rejected, have come forward for re^examination, thus-complying with the conditions entitling- them t» the badge issued to those ■physically unfit. The authorities' are hoping TfiafEy Saturday next-Hwh'eli the ' "recruiting stajioji will igjuve . bee,n epened a fortnight-'-tn.e record of enliet-nients'-will ■totai^lOOO.—'lf this nunjbjsr; is i;o be-Teachedi ISo men will requirel to'enlist- in. the next two and a-half days. This-evening the Rev. Jasper -Carder and other speakers will address ' the' crowff from'th'e platform, in irottiT'of tlie city recruiting station: "'..', •At yesterday's meeting' , of' the <sty Eecruiting Committee a report was; received- from--the -epecial • sob-connnittce.-Referring to the employment 'of racrcufingVergeaktS; the''report -states ft'aET .to'give £Ee.,w.brfc. ari.l knpetua in its. initial stages,..the cditfmJt'Jie eiigag'ed'the services for -five days df 17 returned, discharged soldie/re, at a cost of i£22-i6/. Their -worlc wae productive of good' results,- bmb the - men -were- dismissed las€ T&uieday, after the unsatisfactory, interview wi£h the.Minister of Defence. '■ The-"work of distributing the ccifcriiittee's, a.ppeal to the; .13,000 ' men tviM»se,nanieg. J appear on the city'roll.had ■been "completed, and replies are being received. "Unf ortanately the roll submitted by the Government is of'a very unreliable •nat'nre,"- the' report continues. "Instead- of containing the names' of only, single' men ."of" tialitary' age, " thfSfP I. are; those, of. hundreds of, majrried men with; families, men ;of very _ advanced "years/ ajid , men who 'have enlisted- and? ares, ajjray at the frofit." "Ehe committee decided that the secretary, :Mr. "George Hogan, .ehquld he placed in,.ebajge.,qf..;tbe station. i Mi%." H-iftWlt, JJ£P,.. hgei'agreed to; giyp .aitjiddress from the recruiting station on Saturday night, commencing at 8-o'clocS, ACCEPTED FOR SERVICE. LIST OF THE MEN. The* fdUovcingrmeo Tyexe- accepted at the Victoria Street Tecruitmg station yesterday afternoon and last evening:— TVilliajn Bergstrom, farmer, care C-P.O. Harold F-.-S. Charlswortii, draughtsman, Sentini-1 -Road Jas. H. Clark, survey linesman, Ncrcvton Patrick Coman, hairdresser, Hobson _,Strict., ~.„,... ... •Hd'rry Lr FaVr: plumber; Epaom- • ■ > ■ James (!:irnpr f bricklayer, McKelvie Street Thomas K. Lawsori, jeweller, Vermont Street ?r c K,e:lvie, §treet John PeaTson, Kremlin, Victoria Street Jas.- A; Keed, Tailwav servant, Kingsland Henry J. Smith, electrician, .Epsom Jos.. J. .G. A... Thornton, bushman, ■••■Mohfli , - •■■■'■ ■ " " - Albert E. Wcldon, Tjarman, jfoyal Hotel DavTd Wilson, steward, Hobson Street Eighteen men presented themselves for medical examination at tlie recruiting,, office this morning. The applicants wefe "dealt with ac follows:—Accepted'7, deferred p, rejected. 6.. Thq. plcn acceg: ted were-— ■ '• ~.. ~ - Everard T. Brady, accountant. Pdns'bnby. Daniel Francis, auctiptiefer, G.P.0., Auchfend. Ernest Forrester, seaman, , Mt. -Eden. William W. (iraham, piano hmcr. E and T , - Piano Agency. William H. Hall, Lake Takapuna. Wmiant R. J. 'Jones, N.Z.R., Remuora. ; Hugh O'C Pcrr.Qtfi clerk,' Deyonpprt. , '..