NINETEENTH REINFORCEMENTS

Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 174, 25 July 1916, Page 5

NINETEENTH REINFORCEMENTS

MARLBOROUGH QUOTA FARE-

WELLED

; Tho Maiiboroughi,' . .tjuota for the Nineteenth Reinforcements were fareyelled by a large gathering of people in Market Place this morning. ; The Senior Cadets, High School Cadets, and the, National Reserve paraded, and the Tenth Mounted Regimental amd National Reserve Bands were in attendances

;'Tho^;di^fjt /■ numbered . - 34, the ; Tequii;od; st^e^gth, and. in its selection ;maiiy < .surf>liis men , who were desirous ;6f gping-^with it had to be excluded amid set down for inclusion in later compositions.,. . ; '■■ ■ The. speakers were: the: Mayor (]Wt ■ : J;: J. Corry): and the Rev. B. P. Rbthwell, and .they, conveyed to> the> jrieri' in; fitting woi-d^ the* apprecaia.tion and the goodwill of- the

community which the draft' was1 goingi forward to i-epresent. ...■■-, The -Mayor mentioned that this quota 'brought tho 'aggregate.-.number oi: men-'tO'leave-Marlborough for the front-up-.; td 1100, and .that the strength of,'^th'o■^nestthree drafts wa»i already.; Hearty cheers were j;iveu for the contingent, which wa^, escorted Ito tho. railway station by, the forces on, pai-ade and given an enthusiastic send-off thei-e. ; ' '-;"■;"•';■";' *7 , J-