TWENTIETH REINFORCEMENTS.
WILL BE FULLY UP TO STRENGTH WELLINGTON, August 31. "The Twentieth draft .will go away up to strength," said the Minister of Defence to-night, when his attention was drawn to the fact that there was still a heavy shortage, in this draft. "Wo have no idea of sending this, or any other draft away below strength. It has happened that we have been unable to send away the full strength of a draft, . The Sixteenth, for instance, did not go at full, hut that was not-be-cause we did not have,the men; we hadnot /accommodation for them in the transports. If it ever! happens that we have space for more than the full number, wo will send them. We arc doing all we can to send ,111011 away in the. required numbers, and we have.no hiientiou whatever of making the Twentieth Reinforcements a smaller draft than any of the others. I have no particulars to give, but the draft will be made up to strength."
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North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13662, 2 September 1916, Page 6
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166TWENTIETH REINFORCEMENTS. North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13662, 2 September 1916, Page 6
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