RECRUITING TALLY

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 27, 31 July 1940, Page 9

RECRUITING TALLY

DOMINION FIGURES

TOTAL NEARLY 61,000

COMPLETE RETURNS

Final returns of voluntary enlistment over itie whole Dominion for service with the 2nd N.Z.E.F. show the total up to July 22, when the voluntary system ended, as 60,812. At the end of last week there were 5328 men, including 360 not available for service, awaiting medical examination. Of those that had been before medical boards up to the same date 39,936 had been passed fit, and 9277 had been declared permanently unfit. There were 4225 names on the temporarily unfit list, including 568 not available for service. Important occupations held back totalled 3037. Up to the end of j the week 24,494" men had been dispatched to camp, 10,238 were awaiting dispatch to camp, and there were 1221 fit men not immediately available for camp. Details for the three military districts at the end of the week were as follows: — Northern. Central. Southern. Enlisted 20,159 19,798 20;855 Registrations cancelled or withdrawn prior to medical examination 475 846.. 725 Awaiting medical examination — Available .. 1,252 1,918 1,798 Not available. 216 86 58 Fit 13,554 13,161 13,191 Temp, unfit — Available 1,288 1,219 1,150 Not available .. 179 71 31S Perm, unfit 3,165 2,497 3,615 Important occupations held back 1,280 866 891 Enlistments withdrawn or cancelled 345 334 267 Dispatched to camp 8,431 7,939 8,124 Awaiting dispatch 3,271 2,505 3,516 Not immediately available 311 517 393