DUNEDIN RECRUITING

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 49, 26 August 1939, Page 6

DUNEDIN RECRUITING

(By Telegraph

-Pirt«i Association.)

DUNEDIN, August 25,

An immediate result of the dangerous situation in European affairs has been an increase in the number of recruits offering for the Territorial army and in registrations in the National Military Reserve in Dunedin. The figures for' Territorials have not been included in the latest returns, as those who have enlisted during the past week have not yet been medically examined or attested, This will be carried out at the next parade of the unit they intend joining. During last week, 14 recruits were examined and attested. 10 for the Otago Mounted Rifles, one for the artillery, three for the Dunedin section of the Southern District. Signal Company, and 12 fori the Otago Regiment. The totals for j the various units since the start of the recruiting campaign on May 22 are now as follows:—Otagc Mounted Rifles, 133; artillery. 131; Otago Regiment, 208; Signal Section, 18; Scottish unit. 10; Otago University Medical Company, 45-—a total of 545. National Military Reserve registrations for Oamaru and Dunedin total 1242. of which 157 are in class 1. 405 in class 2. and 475 in class 3 There were 205 not eligible. The increase over the past week was 29. and 11 registration cards were received yesterday. This was about double the number returned each day for some time, the average being between five and seven.