HEAVY SHORTAGE IN 16th DRAFT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2764, 6 May 1916, Page 8

HEAVY SHORTAGE IN 16th DRAFT

DEFICIT OF 300 INFANTRY The 16th Reinforcements have, it is stated, mobilised 330 infantry short. The district shortages arc Auckland Military District 2/ : Wellington Military-.District ... 186 Canterbury Military District ... 149 Otago lias a surplus of 32. Auckland states that it can have its outstanding twenty-seven men in. camp by Tuesday nwct. Wellington was 226 short, but lias re-. duced th\s number by 40. Its shortage, of 186 is mainly, for the loth draft. The district, however, is 30 short for tho loth, to, which must be added 12 medical rejects. Canterbury's shortage of 149 dops not include the West Coast contingent, who have yet to arrive. If the 67 asked of the Went . Coast coma to hand, tho Canterbury Military District will bo Only 82 slioi t.

: AH Otngo'a men had not arrived yesterday. Thoy had all left Otago, hut many were detained at Lyttelton, as the steamer could not bring them on. They should reach here to-day. When the draft left. Dunedin it was 82 infantry iii excess of the demand made upon the district. ■ '' CITY RECRUITINC, The following men have been enrolled at Buckle Street as fir. for military service:— Fred. James Tarr,- carpentdly Brooklyn (Infantry). ' Henry Thomas Phillips, sausage-case Worker, Lover Hutt, (Infantry). '•' William Henry Payne, ; lmker, New-.' town (Homo Service, A.S.C.). • William Janjos Hobnian, labourer, KSbirnio'i(lnfantry). Harold H«nry Pearirian, postal clerk, Trenthain Camp (Infantry).' ' Henry Gisborne, millwright, City (Infantry). , James P. Shivran, farrier, Karorl (Mounted),

Andrew .' James"Smith-, waterside worker,; Mir'ariiar (lii , V' , Artliur John Ifayden, postal clerk, . Newtown'(lifant'ry). . • David John Weekley, bootmaker,' :Brooklyn;(lnfantry)i- - 1 Ronald'Davisj.-Yoiing,' sliophcrd, City (Infantry): - , . Henry Malcolm Nicholls,- .engineer, : City (Infantry). . ■Walter Hector-.Tairoui, clerk, . City (Maori. Reinforcements). , Joseph Baker, farm hand, Newtown (Infantry). George William Richardson, railwaymail, City (Infantry)."- ■ :Georgc Henry Wilkins, cabinetmaker,: Lower Hutt (Infantry),, J.- Alfred Upper Hutt (Infantry).: T' - ' Peter. W. Donaldson, telegraphist, City (Infaptry). Ernest E. Crane; labourer, City (Infantry)'.' :. Joseph- L. Radcliffe, storekeeper, Newtown (Infantry). David Guy Laurie, masseur, Karori (IJ.Z.M.C;). . 'John' Joseph Higgins, grocc-r, Ngaio (Infantry). '. /■ Recently 76 men were.iaskwl by the Wellington -City Area to transfer to tho Infantry arm from the Artillery, for which they had enlisted. The following twelve .agreed to do 60: —W- T. H. Thompson, F. It. Streeter, G. M. Wright, W. Askow, H. H. Andrews, (}. Fitzgerald, H. Sim, G. Tarband, J. Wood, E. E. Lo Grove, F. J. Coatman, G. A. Thomas. . .V ' MAORI SOLDIERS. By..Telezr-*oh—Fresa Association. Auckland, May 5. . ■A draft of 72 Maori soldiers left for Trentham this morning. Girls! Is your best boy in kha&i? Then eive him a 1 Rowland Radium .Wristlet Watch or a pood pair of Binoculars; 15 cent, to or. for soldiers? A. E. M. Rowland, the Public Service Jeweller, and Optician/90' Manners Street (opp. Everybody's Theatre).—Advt.