AUSTRALIA'S ARMY

Evening Star, Issue 16092, 18 April 1916, Page 7

AUSTRALIA'S ARMY

SENT OVERSEA FOR ACTIVE

SERVICE.

Australian files just to hand publish the full statement recently issued by the Gomn.'Oi'Wealth authorities, showing the part it has taken in the war. The Defence Dtpartment up to February 14, 1916, lwd sent 150,043 troops oversea on active service, as shown in the following table:

Infantry 85,521 Light Horse 17.223 Divisional Ammunition Column ... 1,636 Artillery 6,943 Engineers Army Service Corps ... ... ... 4.823 Army Medical Corns SJISB Demount Unit ... " 1.683 Flying Corps ' 55 Veterinary Sections 352 Bridging Train 394 Army Pay Corps go Australian Postal Corps 53 Total sent to Dec. 31. 1915 ... 129,195 Total eent from Jan. 1 to Fob. 14. 1916 20,848 Grand total 150,043 From portion of theee troops the Ist and 2nd Australian Divisions and tlu» Australian and New Zealand Division, have been organised, the remainder acting as independent units. Iu addition to these, units 60.107 tronps were 011 March 1, 1916. An camps of training throughout Australia, in preparation for despatch to the front, ko that on March 1 2ip.150 troops h n d been raised in the Commonwealth.

Victoria had to last week enrolled morn than 100,000 men for senrfte. The. en'li&tments in this State up 1o the end of last year totalled between • 80,000 and 90,000. This total has been increased hv the addition of 16.498 men recruited to date this year. On only two occasions have the weekly enrolments fallen below the 1,000 mark. High-water marl; was reached in the first week in February, when 2,032 men were accepted as fit. Tho lowest weekly total was 826, in January. Since the beginning of the year recruits havo been attested at an avorace rate of 5,100 a week.