THE GALL TO THE COLOURS.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15776, 18 December 1916, Page 8

THE GALL TO THE COLOURS.

SECOND BALLOT. WEST COAST NAMES. | The following are the names oi men from the West C'oast liccruiting district. who were drawn in the second Military Service Ballot, the names marked" with a star being those of men who had previously volunteered: No. 21 (WEST COAST! RECRUITING DISTRICT.'. Adamson, James, Little Wanganui, farmer. Allan, Robert Miller, Globe Hill, laangahua, miner. Ambers**", Fredrick Goorge, Koiterang., Westland, farmer. At wood Arthur, Wee 4 , port, farm hand. Babbage, Herbert, 91 Harper street, Sydenham, Christchurch, baker. "Raty, John, Coal Creek, Greymouth. farmer. Blackmore. Frank Lyons, Alexander street, Greymouth, aerated-water manufacturer. Bourn, James Austin, Blackball, porter. Bradley, Archic, Arahura, Westland, furmer. Brady, George, Kinaella's Hotel. Blackball, coal-miner. Brown. John, Guerin's boardinghoueo, Westport, surfaceman. Bruce, John Albert, Burnett's Face coalminer. Burrowe. John, Ahaura, farmer. Butler Arthur Norman, Kahikatea, Greymouth, fanner. Butler, John, Lake Hochstetter, Nelson Creek, miner. Cameron, George Wallace. Otira. line. labourer. C'arcy, Patrick, Howard river, Westport, goldminer. 1 Chapelliow. John. Rccfton. drill instructor, Clo°-3. Henry Stockton, Xgakawau, miner. Cockb'trn, Cyril. Waiuta, battery hand. Cole, Jam©3 Thomas, Waiuta, miner. CoJgan, Henry, Kumara. tunnel-digger. CoJgan, John Kumafa, labourer. Collino, Thomas. Waimangaroa Junction,

railway employee. Colvin. Robert Jamee, Weetport, butcher. Connors, Patrick, Ahaurn. miner. Coumbe. Claude Allan, Marlborough street, Greymoutli. carrier. Craekett. Hollon, Burnett's Face, Westport, miner. Dalzell, Anthony, Rewanui, Grey, railway employee. Daw, William Frederick Ruru, buebman. Deakiu. William Houston, Wait alia, farmer. 'Dick, John William, "Reefton, stationmaster. Dodge, Percy Theophilus. Otira, labourer. "Doran Patrick James, Exchange Hotel, Reef- j ton, miner. Douglas, Angus William, Stout street, Weetport, surfaceman. Elcock. Thomas William, Donoghue's, Ross, farmer. . . Everard, Claude • Dominion Hotel, Timaru, | coal-miner. Fentiman, John, Mananui Sawmill, Tainui, j Westland, sawmill hand. Flanagan, Patrick, Roa, minor. Foot©, James R„ Dennis ton, labourer. Fordham, Robert Sutton, Ruatapu Post Office-, buflhman. Foster, Robert, Moorkouse street, Ross, mail contractor. G alloc her, Alexander, Blackball, miner. • Gardiner, William, Stockton, Ngakawau, Westport, coal-miner. 1 Gembitzky, Martin Felix Ferdinand, Ruxianga, Grey, clerk. Gooch, Lawrence, Sale street, Hokitika, grocer. Graham, Alexander Carter, Waiho Gorge, South Westland, Alpine guide. Graham, Daniel Denniston, carter. Graham, Robert' James. Kituku, sawmiHer. Greaney, James Joseph, Alexander street, Greymoutb, miner. Grooby. Claude, Rutherglen, Greymouth, bushman. Guy. Albert Henry, Black's Point, Reefton, miner. Guy, Matthew, Gxanity, electrician. Hagan, John, Mangatina, miner. Hagedorn, Ernest Alfred, 34 Russell street, Westport, cabinetmaker. Hamilton, William Anthony, Maraden road, Greymouth, carpenter. Hampson. Francis James, Grey road, Reefton farmer. Haneby, Francis McHugh, Derby street, Westport, striker. Hazel dine, William, Prestbn road, Greymouth, carter. • Hefferman, Edmund Francis, 23 Murray street Greymouth, clerk. Henderson. Graham, Westbrook, Kumara, sawmill liand. Hendereon, William, Burnett's Face, miner. "Herlihy, Eugene, Waiuta, farmer. "Hiugins Peter, Reefton, labourer. Hill, Hugh Holmes, 143 Young street, Deaii is ton, coal-miner. Hill. Joseph, Westport, contractor. "Hfrd, Reginald Nelson, TTmere, Karamea, dairy farmer. Hodges, Ernee-t Sydney Edmund, Murchison, bushman. Hogluad. Frank Alfred, Marsden road, Greymonth, grocer's eseaiatant. Hunt. James, Westport, waterside worker, Irving, Herbert-, Bridge street, Reefton, miner. Joseph, Watkin, Edinburgh Bakery, Tainui street, Greymouth, baker. Jefferies, Albert Kongahu, Westport, drainer. Jennens, Claude, Ahaura, Grey, bushfeller. Johnson, Francis Thomas, Karamea, farmer. Johnson, William Henry, Millerton, Westport, miner. N Johnstone, James, Waimangaroa, farmer. Keating, John J., Upper Thompson street, Greymoath, store manager. Kelly, Patrick, Granitv; Buller, coal-miner. Kiely' Thomas, 11 William street Greymouth, tailor. KilletL, James Matthew, Occidental, Hokitika, storeman. Krakowskv. Michael, Gibson quay, Hokitika, sawmill hand. Lawrence, George, Westbrook, Kumara, goldminer. Lecher, William Coulman, 11 Tarapuhi 6 tree t, Greymouth, tailor. Jaketh Eddy, Reefton, miner. "Lester, Thomas, Murchison, farmer. Letter, William James, Maruia Post Office, farmer. _ Levett, Henry James"; care of Jones s Hotel, Hokitika, carpenter. Lowe William, Mangahina, Buller, miner. •Luetv, Horace Campbell, care of Mts E. Gandell, Shakespeare street, Greymouth, engineer. Mcßean, Denis James, Caple»ton, enginedriver. . . Mcßride, Archibald, Matainxu, Westland, farmer. McCaffrev, William, Ngahere, fireman. McCracken, Charles Andrew, Waiuta, Grey, labourer. "McGlaslian, Leonard, Petri© avenue, Greymouth, manager and accountant. McGlone, James, Kumara Junction, labourer. Mclntyre, William, Stillwater, tram-layer. Mclvor, Joseph James, care of J. Haisty, Blackball, gold-miner. McKay William. Hospital street, Greymouth, medical practitioner. McKinty, Charlea. Otira, tunnel-worker. Hackle, Joseph James, car© of C. H. Honson Survey Office, Hokitika, labourer. McLaren, Duncan Barclay. e£. Ngatoro, Greymouth. marine engineer. McLean. Percy, Waiuta Grey, ea^nter MacNeill, William. Moonlight, via Blackball, butcher. Macßae, Roderick, Otira, labourer. Madden. John, Great South road, Remuera, Auckland, electric lineman. Manzoni, Robert William, Staflord, goldminer. Marshall, Robert. Millerton. miner. Martini, John Fred, Goldsborough. miner. "Masters, John Henry, Brunnerton, storekeeper. Mathieson. Thomas Hector, care of W. Hannam, Preston road, Greymouth, labourer. •Matthewß, James. Russell street. Westport, mechanical engineer. Mead, Felix Frederick, Inangahna Junction, barman. Michel, Harold Leo, Koit-erangi, farmer. Miller, Thomae. State Mine, Rewanui. miner. Molan. Michael, Greymouth, produce merchant. Mori, Shephen Lawrence. Blackball, West Coast coal-miner. Murphy, James Patrick, Greymouth, bushman. Soakes. Herbert Alfred. Rivers Boardinghouse, Reefton. miner. "Noble, Benjamin John, Co'oden, labourer. ".tfolaa. William, Kumara, surfaceman.

O'Brien. Charlee George Scotland, Belmont, iiuichisoii. siieep-farm-:r. O'lirieri, Joseph. Deep CrecK. Wakamarina, MaU'r.ui Post Officc, farm<n. _ , . . . . O'Neill Bernard Domic, Yoocien, caDine,maker. O'Neill. Daniel. Stafford. Biackoill. miner. O'Rourke. Dominick, Murchison. farmer. O'Sullivan, Jeremiah, Seddonvilie, Weetport, miner. Palfrey, Cecil, Ahaura, laoourer, Pavelka, Henry. Blackball, sawmiller. Phil Up;-'. William. Ah aura. tram-construction worker. ... . Polglase. John, care of Domm.on tLo^e.. "Blackball, miner. Pratt, Charles. Waiuta. labourer. Robert*. Charles. Ahaura. Grey Valley, en-gine-driver. Ro==? Alexander. Mi Her ton, miner. Rowan Albert. Olira. We-slland. labourer. Row, 'Walter, Church street. Kumara. miner. Rowlands. John. Kumara railway station. Hokitika, engine-driver. Rowae, John. Kotuku, bushman. •Sara, Charlton, Broadway. Rcefton, hairdresser. VSaunder*. John, t:! Boundary street, mouth, law clerk. _ Scott. John Sullervian, Te Kinga. Moana. (irev, sawmill hand. Sittlcton. John. 'Main street, B.ackjali. miner. . Slater, Peter A.. Blacks Point, Inangauua. labourer. Smith. Clarence Henry William. Ahaura. labourer. _ _ Smit.h, James Ernest, Koiterangi. Hokitika, fanner. Spencer, Richard, Rewanui. coal-miner. Sumner, Francis Edgar, Golden Eagle Hotel, Grcymouth, flax-ecutcher. Sunley, Roger Clifton. 31 Ruaseil street, Westport, clerk. Thompson. Peter, Roa. Greymouth. miner. Treacv, Augustus J. J., Christchurch road, WestlanJ. roadman. Turk Cyril. Pnparo*. via Blackball, miner. Twomey, Patrick, Capleston, engine-driver. Wa.rno Loalie Richard, Longford, Murchison, farm labourer. Wheeler. Albert Henry, Rotomanu, Westland, farm labourer. Whiiford. Richard George. Railway Hotel, Reefton. ihiner. ■ William?. Fred. 60 Rombly street, Westport, collicry employee. i k NAMES OMITTED FROM THE LIST.

In addition !<> ill* Reservists throughout New Zealand ca.llod up in tho second ballot, tlie following namra were included in the certified list of the men selected by lot; but ae it was found that they aro already mem--1 be is o£ tJie Expeditionary Force or arc deaxl, their names have been omitted from the list ci those called up for Bervice: — Robert Allan, Thomas Anderson. John Barns, Frank Harold Batcman, Oawell Hughes Bennett, T. P. Bennetts, A. L. Beet, Edward BLair, William Henry Boylctt, Charles William Brattle; I'atrick Burke. Alexander Shiell Campbell, John Henry Edward Carov, Samuel Clarke, jun., Robert Daniel C'limte, Robert Watson Coub rough, Patrick Crenin, William Hugh Crabb, Cvril Richard Crookfcr, William Edward Cronin. David Dickie. John Bond Douglas, Herbert Ernest LhiAfield, Wallace Dunlop, Daniel I Dunstan. I Thomas George Fitzeimona. Alfred Cower. Frederick Graham. Edward Hanrahan, John Haoru, Prank Hey, Louia Oecar Holden, William Henry Hole. Norman Howie. William Alfred Richardson Jonea. Leonard Vincent Keating, William. Daniel Kemp, Hugh Mortimer Knubley. Joseph Francis Langford, Harry Walter Leonard, John Leslie, Charles Edward Levott, Hugh Cecil Lightwood. Aird' McC'eery, Joseph. McDermott, Donald McDonald, Duncan Alexander McDonald. John Kenneth. Molan, Frederick Douglas ' Moore, John Morris, Duncan. Morrison, Charles Edward Mugndgi, John Murphy, Edwin Ransom Myers,. Frederick William _ Nelson, Frederic Nicho- ' las, Jens Jorgen Nielson. Martin O'Loughlin. • Robert Thomas Paton, Thomaa Perry. George Reeves, Richard Edwajd Roe, David ' Roeemond, Francis Joseph. Ruane. Loi Harold Saunders, Alexander William > Senior, Wilson Sinclair, Albert Thomas Smith, William. Henry Hiram Smith, Charles Henry Sorensen John, Spark, Earle Spencer, Frederick Montgomery Spencer, Edward Har- ' vey Stacpoole Batcbelor, Wadham Bayntan Starkey, Edwin Norman Stewart, John ' Strachan, Murdoch John Sutherland. William Christopher T&yler, Frank Vin- ' cent Thomas, Leonard Richard Fred Toll. Howard Weston "Vass. Edgar Louia Warren, William Arthur Whitlock, Albert Voso Williams, Frederick Charles Williams, Moa Williams, Caleb Richard ' Wood.

THE FIRST BALLOT. DISAPPOINTING MEDICAL. RESULTS. With the exception of the numerouß men appealing and 30 others, the whole of the men in the Christchurcji group area drawn in the first ballot iavo now been medically examined. The first examination was held last Wednesday, when 62 men faced the Medical Board, and the second "was held on Saturday, when 65 attended. As stated in Saturday's "Press," the first examination results wero very disappointing, only 14 men being passed as fit for active service, and 2 as fit after undergoing specified treatment. On Saturday 28 men wero passed as fit for active service, and one as fit after -undergoing treatment. Of the remaining 36 men, five were declared fit for home service, and 31 rejected as permanently unfit either for active or home service. _ The net result is that the proportion of fit has jumped roughly from 25 per cent, of the whole to 33J. The total of permanently unfit was more than half of the whole number of men examined. Probably the cause of this disappointing result is that tlio majority of the men who did not appeal wero men who had previously voluntarily enlisted, and been rejected as medically unfit. The probability is that a far higher proportion of fit men will be secured from the men appealing whoso appeals are disallowed, and from the 30 men not appealing who have not yet attended tho medical examination. If a higher proportion of fit men is not obtained, the possibility ie that the first ballot taken will be insufficient to fill the'Christchurch quota of tho 24th Reinforcements which mobilise during the first week of January. The following figures show the result of the two medical examinations in tabular form: — Class lstd3y. 2nd day. Tl. Fit for active service 11 28 42 Temporarily unfit for active eervioo "2 1 3 Fit for home aervioo S 5 .1:1 Permanently unfit .. H8 31 03 Totals -• -- 62 65 127 THE WELLINGTON FIGURES. The medical examination of Wellington men called up for service with the Expeditionary Force was concluded by the Military Service Medical Board on Friday. During the three diiys 124 men presented themselves. Of these (51 men were passed as fit, o() were turned down as unfit, and 13 were pronounced as temporarily unfit. Sixtythree men failed to report. Immediate steps are being taken to ascertain why these mc-n did not- put in an appearance when instructed to do so.

SUMNER SEND-OFF COMMITTEE

A meeting of the Sumner Send-Off and Reception Committee was held in the Borough Council Chambers on Saturday evening, when Mr A. C. Wilson presided over >1 good attendance. Tt was reported that six local men, Messrs C. White, S. White, T. Chitty. C. Ferguson. E. B. Stevens, and A. Short who have been in Trentham for some months, would he down on final leave next week. It was decided to give the departing soldiers a public farewell during the first week of January, the

function to take the form of a Progressive Euchre Party and Dance. Various sub-committees were appointed to carry out the arrangements, and it was decided to ask the Sumner Lady Liverpool Committee to provide refreshments. SATURDAY'S ENLISTMENTS. .Stanley C. Geiseler, 118 Carlvlo street, Sydenham, blacksmith. eingJe. Eli Arthur Evans. 405 Tuam street, Linwood, labourer, single. George Hand. 130 Hand's Toad, Hillmorten, labourer, single. Alfred H. P. Goodwin. 46 Mowbray street, Sydenham, hunter's assistant, single. Edwin V. Green, 207 Harewoad road, Papanui, farmer, single. And one other, 6ing'e. There will be r.o medical examination of volunteers at the Christchurch RecruitingOffice to-day. NORTH CANTER BURY ENLISTMENTS. Tlie following enlistments were received at tho No. XI. group office for the week ending Thursday, December 14th j— Sidney Vinco, Lakeside. Daniel Boh an. Doyleston. .John Hiarner Taylor. Kaiapoi. Norman Temple Fisher East Oxford. Lsaac Edward Burke, Birch Hill.