SECOND ECHELON QUOTA

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22922, 19 January 1940, Page 10

SECOND ECHELON QUOTA

NEARLY FILLED BY CANTERBURY thirty-eight fit men NEEDED Another 76 enlistments in Canterbury will ensure that this area will fill its quota of men for the 2nd Echelon of the 2nd Expeditionary Force. The filling of the 3rd Echelon will be continued without any break. As it is expected that the calling-up of volunteers for the 3rd Echelon will scon be made, the recruiting campaign v/ill be conducted with unflagging energy. The officers for the 3rd Echelon go into camp for training on February 1, and. as the course is a short one. it is apparent that a steady stream Of recruits will be necessary to fill the quota of the district.

Seventeen enlistments were made in Christchurch yesterday. Nine were recorded at the bureau in Cathedral square, above which a barometer will in future record the progress of the recruiting campaign. The area is required to find 563 men for the 2nd Echelon quota, and 33 men are needed. The statistical summary, prepared last evening by Major H. G Livingstone (area officer) was:— Posted to camp ~ .. 407 Available for posting .. 103 Estimated number available from 40 men warned for medical examination .. 20 Fit men still required .. 38 568

To obtain the fit men. at least 76 enlistments are necessary. Yesterday’s recruits included:— Cullen, Morrison Austen lorry driver, 13 Mandevi l le street, Riccarton. Darby, Martin Joseph, unemployed, 500 Hereford street, Christchurch. Lovegrove, George Frederick. Waikuku. Main. Murray, shepherd, c/o. G.P.0.. Christchurch. Manley. Hugh, unemployed fitter. Ad--dington. Martm., Thomas, factory worker, 89

Canon street. St. Albans. Mcßae. Allan Thomas, labourer, c/o. T. C. Bishop,. Kaiapoi. Meadows, Arthur Douglas, painter, 163

Cranford street, St. Albans. Mercer, Rodney Charles, labourer. Sta-

tion street, Leeston. Minogue, Bernard Thomas, slipper worker, 59 Clarence road. Riccar-

ton. Payne, William Ernest, labourer, 464 St Asaph street. Linwood. Potts, James Oswald, unemployed ship’s cook, 44 Ranfurly street St.

Albans. Richards, William Edwards, labourer, 15 Dallington terrace. Dallington. Ridgway, George, trainer and jockey, 24 Avonhead road, Riccarton. Robertson, Donald John, company representative, 10 Strowan road, Bryndwr. Stewart. Denis Tiffin, medical practitioner, Public Hospital. Christ-

church. . Wilson, Thomas, shipping clerk, 36 Cornwall road, Lyttelton.

ASHBURTON

As a result of two enlistments at Ashburton yesterday, the total for the district is now 193. The latest recruits are:

Hay, Gordon John, labourer. 119 Peter

street, Ashburton. Pilbrow, Clifford Arthur Bloomfield, shepherd. Huntingdon. A Medical Board sat at Ashburton on Wednesday evening. Of 17 men who were examined, 14 were passed fit for active service, and three were stood down for re-examination.

TEMUKA

I From Our Own Reporter.! TEMUKA, January 18. Another enlistment fo. the 2nd Echelon has been received by the Recruiting Officer for Temuka (Mr J. King). The recruit is: Southby, Albert, Denmark street, Temuka.

TIMARU

[From Our Own Reporter! TIMARU, January 18. Enlistments at . Timaru t- date total 519. A Medical Board sat here to-day, and 2.9 men were examined, with the result that 21 were passed fit, three were classed temporarily .unfit, and five permanently unfit. To-day’s enlistments included: Feaver, Charles, Timaru. Houlihan, Eugene Joseph, Timaru. Mills.- George. Timaru. O’Brien, William Anthony. Timaru. Roland, Max Alphonsus, Timaru. Woods, James Andrew. Waitohi.

GREYMOUTH

[From Our Own Reporter] GREYMOUTH. January 18. There were five enlistments to-day at Greymouth. They were:— Fidler, William John, Kanieri. Hogan, Harold Edward, Cobden. Logie, Frederick Arthur, Greymouth. Williams, Frank Ross, Paroa. Williams, Vernon Ronald, Greymouth.

! ARMY BONUS DEDUCTED

SOLDIERS’ PAY FIRiT ECHELON TRAINEES COMPLAIN A number of soldiers in camps throughout New Zealand received short pay on Wednesday, a deduction of £3, representing the amount of the bonus granted when final leave was taken, being made from the pay of men who trained, with, the Ist Echelon of the Expeditionary Force but are remaining in New Zealand for the preSS Cases have actually occurred where further reductions for charges for missing property or fines have left soldiers debtors of the Army Department after they signed for their last fortnightly pay. . , ~ The bonus of £3 was granted by the Government to all members of the Ist Echelon when they went on final leave before Christmas. Those men whose services have been retained in New Zealand until further echelons sail, were surprised—indeed shocked —to find that they would have to refund the grant which they had already spent. Men who were discharged from the army after final leave were not asked to refund the bonus, and explanations have been made, when those remaining in camp have expressed their strong objections to the deductions, that they will participate in a similar bonus to be given when final leave is ordered for second and successive echelons.

The position with some men is that after making allotments to their dependants they now find themselves without any money, or only a few shillings, until the next pay day arrives.

COLONEL BELL

RETURNED SOLDIERS’ FAREWELL

TRIBUTES TO SERVICES IN CHRISTCHURCH Warm-tributes to his work as Officer Commanding the Southern Military District and congratulations upon his promotion to the rank of Quarter-master-General were offered Colonel P. H. Bell at a farewell gathering in his honour held by the executive of the Christchurch Returned Soldiers’ Association last evening, a welcome being also extended to his -successor, Lieutenant-Colonel E. T. Rowllings. In presenting Colonel Bell with a silver cigarette case as a memento of the occasion, the president of the association (Mr A. E. Haynes) mentioned the courtesy and willingness to /help which had been a feature of Colonel Bell’s administration. The association had had to make many requests for help from him, but he had always shown the greatest consideration, and would not easily be forgotten in Christchurch for the efficiency and credit with which he had fulfilled his duties. The health of Colonel Bell was proposed by the vice-president of the association (Mr D. W. Russell), who congratulated him on his work in looking after the men of the Ist Echelon, whose fine bearing was due largely to the excellent conditions at Burnham Camp, the officers in charge, and. most of all, to the Officer Commanding the Southern Military District. Further tributes were paid by the secretary of the association (Mr E. F. Willcox) and other executive members. In reply. Colonel Bell spoke of the pleasure he had had from his close association with the Christchurch returned soldiers, arid said he had always felt that there had been solid backing behind him in any of his difficulties. He was pleased to, bring Colonel Rowllings with him, and assured the association that they, would have equally solid support from him. On behalf of the Army, Colonel Bell then thanked the association for the time and self-sacri-fice they had put into their work while he had been in Christchurch, Mr Haynes also welcomed Lieuten-ant-Colonel Rowllings, ' referring to the latter's splendid record of service during and since the Great War. Replying, Lieutenant-Colonel Rowllings said it y/as a pleasure to come into a military district in which the way had been so well paved for him. He expressed the conviction that there would be a long war, and said the nation with the best morale would win. The preservation of morale would depend in New Zealand largely upon that spirit of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association, and he felt sure that they would be equal to the difficult times ahead.

FAREWELL TO MR T. HYDE

ENLISTMENT IN SECOND ECHELON

Mr T. Hyde, secretary of the Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association, who has joined the 2nd Echelon of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, was the guest of honour at a luncheon held yesterday by the association. The president, Mr S. L. Wright, was in the chair, and those .present included Messrs C. W. Hervey, former president of the Canterbury Employers’ Association; R. T. Bailey, officer in charge of the Labour Department in Christchurch; A. G. Rutland, registrar of the Arbitration Court; C. S. Sapsford, of the Department of Industries and Commerce: H. B. Duckworth, former president of the Canterbury Manufacturers* Association and of the New Zealand Manufacturers’ Federation: J. Roy Smith, secretary of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce; T. G. Shanks, chairman of the footwear group of the association; and J. B. Walton, assistant secretary of the Canterbury Employers’ ‘ Association. “Not Ay has Mr Hyde done his job well, but he has endeared himself personally to all those who, knew, him,” said Mr, Wright, ’in . introducing the speakers. “He is one of those whom we can ill afford to spare,” said Mr Hervey. Mr. Bailey referred to the pleasant associations he had bad with Mr Hyde. He felt that it was only right that he should offer to do all that he could to assist the Manufacturers’ Association during Mr Hyde’s absence: Mr Sapsford, Mr Smith, Mr Shanks, and Mr Duckworth also paid high tributes to Mr Hyde. , A presentation was made on behalf of the association by Mr Wright, and a presentation on behalf of the footwear group by Mr Shanks. . Mr Hyde, in reply, expressed his appreciation of the friendships he had made during his career.

WESTPORT

WESTPORT, January 18.

Enlistments at Westport to-day were: Neighbours, Francis J.. labourer, Wai-

mangaroa. Storey. James Roger, labourer, Burleys . Camp, Buller Gorge. Ryan. Patrick Roger, baker, Westport. Johnson, Edward A. 0., labourer.

Westport. . „ The total enlistments for the 2nd Echelon are 37, and since recruiting started at Westport there have been 152 enlistments. After a dull period before Christmas recruiting has livened up coasideiably in the Buller district. The big majority of the volunteers are young men from the. country districts.