5000 MARRIED MEN

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 21, 24 July 1918, Page 10

5000 MARRIED MEN

SECOND BALLOT OF CLASS C

ALSO 639 ACCRETIONS

WELLINGTON AND; DISTRICT NAMES

'A Gazette Eitraordinary was issued to-day calling up 5000 men "of Class" C, Second Division o! the- 'Expeditionary Force Reserve, also accretions' to other classes and tothe First: Division, as 1 follow : Class A, Second Division, 31; Class B, Second Division, 35; First Division, 573; a grand total of 5639. Tho ' total number of men called up by ballot and by special Gazette (without ballot) under -the Military Service Act to date is • 130,063. Of these, 82,695 are members of the First Division, and 47,368 members of tho Second Division. The respective calls were made as under:— FIRST DIVISION. Ist Ballot, November, 1916 -4000 2nd Ballot, November, 1916 3000 3rd Ballot, January, 1917 ....:;...- 3600 4th Ballot (double), Feb., 1917 ... * 6867 sth Ballot, March, 1917 .„ 4503 6th Ballot, April, 1917 4812 7th Ballot, May, 1917 8530 Sth Ballot, June, 1917 : 8545 9th Ballot, June, 1917 .-. * . Sll7 10th Ballot (double), Sept., 1917 .15,000 By Special Gazette (without ballot), October,-1917 9000 By Special Gazette (without bal- ' lot), November, 1917 1500 By Special Gazette (without ballot), December, 1917... 700 By Special Gazette (without ballot), January, 1918 700 By Special Gazette (without ballot), February, 1918 1200 By Special Gazette (without ballot), March, 1918 491 By Special Gazette (without ballot), April. 1918 517 By Special Gazette (without bal-' lot), May, 1918 '..;. " 511 j By Special Gazette (without bal- ! lot), June, 1918 529 By Special Gazette (without bal-- _ lot), July, 1918. 573 Total First Division 82,695 SECOND DIVISION.' 11th Ballot (Class A), Nov;, 1917 5000 12th Ballot (Class A), Dec., 1917 5000 By Special Gazette (Class A), January, 1918 3800 By Special Gazette (Class A), February, 1918 235 By Special Gazette (Class A), March, 1918 77 By Special Gazette (Class A), April, 1918 ' , 30 By Special Gazette (Class A), May, 1918 . 32 By Special. Gazette (Class A), . . /June, 1918 35 By Special Gazette (Class A), July, 1918 .' 31 13th Ballot (Class B), April, 191S 10,000 By Special Gazette (Class B), I May, 1918 SOOO By Special Gazette (Class B), . ~" June, 1918 93 By Special Gazette (Class B), July, 1918 :.;. '.:...;..... s 35 14th Ballot (Class C), June, 1918 10,000 15th Ballot (Class C), July, 1918 5000 | Total Second Division ...,„.,. ' 47 368 ' Grand T0ta1................. '.'. 130|063 The 130,083 men thus called up'have been required to meet oyer 29^500 shortages in the reinforcements from the 23rd draft (inclusive) onwards, such" shortages being due to th« failure 'of Voluntary re- '< cruiting to supply the necessary- number | _ The complete list of names* of men in Wellington City, Mana-watu/.and 'Wairarapa Recruiting Districts, 'called'up in to-day's Gazette to fill the vacancies in the reinforcements, is given below. The ' asterisk against any name signifies previous voluntary enlistment.-•<• •:--