ON THE MARCH.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4057, 11 October 1915, Page 5

ON THE MARCH.

ANOTHER DRAFT FROM GISBORNE. 62 MEN OF THE NINTHS LEAVE YESTERDAY. STIRRING SEND-OFF LAST NIGHT. An enthusiastic send-off was accord-' ed the 62 men who left Gisborne last night. The draft comprised Gish first J . . . towards the 9th xtemrorcoment. Thirty-six men from Wairoa will join the draft at Napier, winch will bring the number up to The men mustered a t the Garrison -uau at 3.30 p.m., when every man. answered to lug name. Word had been received by the local area officer (Lieut. Moltzen) that if available a further eight-men could be included in the Gisborne draft. If, appears that Napier, for some reason, had been unable to complete the quota asked for, and a call was made upon Gisborne to supply the deficiency. 'When the Gisborne draft paraded in the afternoon it was announced that eight men were required to leave by the evening’s .-JesLier and that if any man present who had passed fit- was prepared to go he would be taken. The call was immediately responded to, the following eight men coming forward:

Ferris, V illiani, ship’s waiter, Dominion Hotel, Gid ‘me. Grant, John Lcj >old (5 years Royal Engineers, Englar, ,). Gisborne. Kearns, A. E.U laborer (15 years Royal Nayv, C.PJ rating), Gisborne. Chatteris, Leori ird, fencer, Paparatu, Gisborne. Morriss, Leonard, laborer. Tologa Bay. McNaught George, laborer,- care Albion Hotel, Gisborne. Larkin, Patrick. Anderson, Peter J.

A very large crowd assembled in the evening to farewell the men. The National P»c,serve, 130 strong, with their Band, was in attendance to lead the active men to the wharf.

An opportunity was given to the soldiers "to take farewell of their friends. There were no gathering tears or tremblings of distress. On the contrary, the bolder spirits bore themselves bravely, and openly and unabashed kissed each lady friend who came forward to say goodbye.

At 6.30 the procession swung out- of the Garrison Hall, and, headed by the National Reserve, gaily marched through town to the wharf to the inspiriting strains of the Reserve Band. The sidewalks and coigns ■ vantage along the route were crowded with spectators, who enthusiastically cheered the recruits as they passed along the streets.

A huge crowd assembled at the wharf, and enthusiastically cheered the departing soldiers as the tender drew away. The cheers were lustily answered" by tile brave bo vs on the Tuatea, who had crowded to every point of vantage on the tender. The National Reserve Band, which had played the national anthems of the Allies, struck up “Auld Lang Svne” a,s the tender slowly drew away from the wharf. The first batch of Gisborne men departed amidst a storm of cheering, the crowded tender making a brave showing as she moved down the river, her crowded decks and manned rigging standing out prominently against the dark background of rain-laden clouds. The crowd on shore followed the gallant- httle company with their eyes until tire tender steamed round the angle of the sheds, and another band of Gisborne boys was off to the wars.

THE DRAFT.The following comprises the full hst of the draft- which lert last night: MOUNTED. Davis, Cecil Henry. Gisborne. Devereux, Joseph. Waipiro. Kay, Alexander P._, Makaraka. Pudnev, Fred. Major, Gisborne. Quiglev. Attilla Andrew. Gisborne. Reddeik ‘William Arthur, Gisborne. Richards, Horace James, Tokomaru. INFANTRY. Andrew, Robert, Gisborne. Bugden, Albert Henry, Gisborne. Buckthought, Norman W., Te Earaka. Brown, James, Gisborne. Clark,' William, Whatatutu. Cation, Horace E.. Gisborne. Davis. Arthur H.. Whatatutu. Downie, Robert Grant, Gisborne. Dudson, Paul Huett. Gisborne. Fromm, Percy Thomas, Gisborne. Fraser, Henry Charles, Gisborne. Foley, John, Gisborne. Freeman, Ira, Gisborne. Godlev. John Charles, Gisborne. Graham, William, Gisborne. Henderson, Bertram, Gisborne. Hall, Percy, Gisborne. Hudspith, "Cuthbert John, Gisborne. Heron. James, Gisborne. Hepburn, Archibald A., Gisborne. Hart, George William,. Gisborne. Hamilton, Hugh, Kaiti. Herbert, Charles, Joseph, Gisborne. Iskirka,” Thomas, Gisborne. Larsen, Henry, Gisborne. Lunken, Frank Norman, Gisborne. Mullins. Donald. Tologa Bay. Morell, Othello, Whataupoko. McConnell, John, Gisborne. Norberg, Peter, Gisborne. Pycroft, Robert George. Gisborne. Rodger, James C., Gisborne. Ryan, James Thomas, Gisborne. Robertson, Alexander. Gisborne. Saxon, Samuel, Waioeka, Shute, Alfred Victor, Matawai. Stuart, Alexander, Whatatutu. Spurring, Arthur Augustus, Ngatapa Sumner, John, Gisborne. Todd, Thos. Henry, Gisborne. Trafford, Alick McGregor, Matawai. Taffs. Ernest Alfred, Gisborne. Witty, Gordon, Gisborne.

Williams, James, Gisborne. _ Weeks, Francis Lionel, Waiwliero. Wignall, Sydney, Tokomaru. Including ‘in the above are the following who have been selected to fid vacancies: Devereux, Joseph, shepherd Mfckariha station, Waipiro. Sumner John, laborer, Kabutia Street, Gisborne. Norberg, Peter, laborer, 309 Aberdeen Road. Gisborne. Robertson, Alexander, - railway guard, Gisborne. WAIROA SECTION. The following will go from Wairoa:; MOUNTEDS. Billinghurst, Geoffrey, Wairoa. C-oker, Harry, Wairoa. Dillon, Thos. John, Wairoa. Every, Herbert Reuben, V airoa. ■ Hemming, Robert Percy, Mohaka. lies, D’Arcv Walter, Ngatapa. Nunnelev, B. J., Frasertown.

Nevlon, John, Wairoa. Pettit, Percy Arthur, Wairoa. Richardson, \Valter Leonard, [Frasertown. _ Richardson, James, Robert, Frasertown. Stafford. Thomas, Wairoa. Thomson, Arthur, Rnakrturi.

INFANTRY. Bluck, R-, Null aka. - . Callinghain, John Stevens, v\ airca. Campbell. William Colin, Morere. Greig, William, RuakituriHartnett, Daniel. Wairoa. MacPherson, Archibald, Wairoa. McMillan, Dougal, Mohaka. Quinn, Joseph, Wairoa. Stokes, Charles Louis, Wairoa. Stairmand, S. M., Wairoa. Jowett, Walter Morrison, Ruakituri. Thomson, George C., Wairoa. Thehvall, Arthur, Morere:'?.. Wallace, William, Marumaru.