21st, REINFORCEMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 4347, 18 September 1916, Page 5

21st, REINFORCEMENTS.

DEPART FOR CAMP LAST NIGHT. DRAFT 20 MEM SHORT. The Gisborne quota of the 21st- Reinforcements paraded at. the Garrison Hall last night 20 men si Vo ft. . The numbers required wore 60 infantry, and only 41 reported. The Artillery, Mounted and Engineers are complete, but the A. S.C. man was not securedWhen the men fell in the. Ladies’ Patriotic Committee distributed bidge.s and housewives. The Mayor (Mr 4V. G. Shcrratt) in a- short speech bade the men an revoir, and hoped that they would follow in the footsteps of those who had gone before them. The following is a list of names: ARTILLERY. Taylor, A., machinist. .Haiti. MOUNTED. Gilles, A., shepherd, Waipiro Bay. ENGINEERS. Lusty, F. C. E., plumber, Te Araroa Scott, A. mechanic Gisborne. INFANTRY. Anderson, A. A. S., laborer, Gisborne. Rater, A. W., carpenter, Gisborne. Beat} 7 , J. S. farmhand, Gisborne. Bedford, E. J., waterside worker, Gisborne. Bradley, R., gas fitter, Gisborne Beddow, R., gasfitter, Gisborne Burton, E., laborer, Motu Campbell, E. B. gasfitter, Gisborne Cole, A. W. E. driver, Kaiti. Copedo, H., driver, Grey Street, Gisborne. deCent, N. G., plumber, Gisborne Drower, N., ironmonger, Gisborne Fislier, S. L., blacksmith, Whatatutu. Gray, A. J. H., station hand, Tolaga Gough. F. W., insurance agent, Tokomaru Hansen, H. C-, carpenter, Motu Hal!, J. YU, station-manager. Telega Bay Jamieson, J , slaughterman, Gisborne Jeffs, J. J., stationhand. Gisborne. Jones, G.j bushman. Gisborne

Jones, AY. H., yardman, Mangapapa King K. G., stationhand, !'ohya _ Bay Kelly, C., busliman, Gisborne Larsen, 8., plasterer, Gisborne. Morris, AY., stationhand, PakaraeMcllwraith, J., clerk, Kaiti. Moore, M. R., yardman, Gisborne Martin, G. H., bar k clerk. Tok-u----maru Mallooly M. D,, grocer’s assistant. Gisborne Nicholls, A. L.., mason, Kaiti. Pearce, A. J.., ploughman, Te Kara ka Shad bolt, A,, caretaker, Gisborne Stevens, A., laborei, Motu •Stewart, A Ah A., millhand, Motu Stark, A.., bootmaker, Gisborne Sullivan, F. shepherd. Te Araroa. Tonkin, J. H., shepherd, Wnmuita

Toner, M. laborer, P. 0., Gisborne Walters, T. E., fencer, Ivanakanaia Wallace, J. R., laborer, Gisborne Western, M. E., vardman Gisborne NrC.O.’S The following are Hie recruits called up to go into the N.G.O.’S camp for the 23rd Reinforcements: Fuller, Richard John, single. s>> years, bank clerk, Gisborne •IRuahine Volunteers, Wellington and Senior Cadets). Parsons, Vivian, married, -26 years, school teacher, 463 Palmerston road. (6 years Cadets and Territorials). 'PASSED AS FIT. The following three men were'passed as fit for active service on Saturday afternoon: Beaty, 'John Scot, single, 20 •-years, farmhand, Dominion Hotel, Gisborne Simpkins. Horace Alfred, 32 yeais, married, silversmith, .200 Palmerston Road, Gisborne. Everett, Alfred John, 23 years, single, bank clerk, Bank‘of Australasia. Motu. . , The first-named left for camp witn last night’s draft.

THE POSITION IN AUSTRALIA. SHORTAGE OF 1200. (United Press Association— Copyright; (Received Sept. If, 11-5 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Sept. 17. The official enlistment figures show a shortage of twelve hundred for olie first half of September.