CALL TO ARMS

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 93, 18 October 1915, Page 8

CALL TO ARMS

WELLINGTON'S RESPONSE MEN STILL BADLY WANTED. A marked improvement in the rate of enlistment took place in Wellington last week, the total number of men who answered the call to the colours being 329. The previous week the total was 148. The past week's response is regarded as satisfactory, and it is hoped that it will be maintained for some time to come, especially in view of the heavy rate of rejections. For the week ended the 15th inst. no less than 117 men were rejected in Wellington as being medically unfit, or over 30 per cent, of those who presented themselves for medical examination. Men are still badly required for the Infantry, and those able to do so are urged to enlist at once, eig nifying their preference for that branch of the service. Since noon on Saturday eighteen men have handed in their medical registration papers at No. 5 Group Office, Bucklestreet, after having been examined by the doctor. Their names are as under: — Barton, Frank James, tramways Fraser, John James, painter Steven, John, labourer Hand, Sydney, bushman M'Kale, James Joseph, storeman Ronaldson, Arthur Cecil, foreman Crawford, George Phillip, sheepfarmer Glen, Robert Milne Ball, William O'Donnell, James Mowton, William Ottersen, Gerald Walsalt, Civil servant Bryant, James Gibson, clerk Neils, John Allan, draper's assistant Wilson, Leonard G., clerk Weldon, Percy B. W.. clerk Crowther, William Percy, bootmaker Hosie, Alfred James, electroplate and metal finisher The following men have also returned their medical papers: — Crossan, Alexander Calder Wheeler, David, clerk Campbell, George, Lower Hutt Richardson, Percy, sailor i