INFANTRY WANTED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16097, 10 December 1915, Page 6

INFANTRY WANTED.

ELEVENTH REINFORCEMENTS. SOME ACCEPTED MEN XOT READY. THE WEEK'S RECRUITING. The weekly progress return issued by the Defence authorities yesterday showed that the men accepted for service in the dis trict during the past seven days numbered 177. The local authorities are stil". troubled in regard to the infantry draft for the eleventh reinforcements. The number required by Tuesday next is 415 and the number already accepted is 583. Of the latter are 56 non commissioned officers. bile there is thus a surplus a large number of men have intimated to the local authorities that they cannot go into camp until January and February and therefore some difficulty is being experienced in getting a sufficient number of infantrymen. The drafts for all other arms of the service have been filled. A medical examination of recruits willing to serve in the mounted rifles and infantry branches will be held at the Drill Hall this morning. The numbers of men accepted for service in the various groups in the Auckland military district are shown in the following table: —

The men registered in arms of the service other than mounted rifles and infantry have been requested by areolar to transfer to the anna mentioned. The roers have not yet had time to answer the mquest, bat it is expected that many wi'l transfer as desired. The quota for the eleventh reinforcements, and non-commi&-

aioned officers and men available ore as follows : —

Group. No. No. No. No. To1. 2. 3. 4. t»L Mounted Rifles... 106 10 9 64 189 Artillery ...122 1 1 13 137 Engineers ... 59 3 0 17 79 Tnnnwllers —12 6 0 7 25 Signal aenrioe... 13 1 0 6 23 Infantry ... 273 88 141 81 583 Maoris _. 0 4 13 3 19 Army Service C. 86 i- 0 8 102 Ambulance .- 99 = 5 9 118 Hospital ships —27 ]. 2 0 30 Veterinary Corps 5 0 0 16 Totals ... 502 130 171 208 1,311

Quot» K.C.O.'s Men for avail- availElevenths, able. able. Mounted Rifles — 98 18 171 Artillery — 41 6 131 Engineers _ 2* 8 71 Signal service _- 6 0 23 Infantry ... 415 &6 527 Ambulance _ 13 0 113 Army Service C. 5 5 97 Totals .-602 93 1,138