THE WAR REGISTER.
FULL RESULTS, THE DOMINION'S ANSWER. FIGURES FOR EACH AREA. NUMBERS AND AGES. Appended are the details of the tabulated results of the National Register for the Dominion, and for the four military districts, as issued by the Government statistician The three groups into which the* figures are divided are:— (l) Those who are willing to join the forces, (2) those who are not willing to go on active service, but are prepared to serve in a civil capacity, and (3) those who are not willing to serve in either a military or a civil capacity: TOTALS FOR THE DOMINION. WILLING TO JOIN FORCES. Single men without dependants ... 33.1J7 Single men with dependants 18.320 Widowers with dependants 948 Married men, wife only 8,944 Married men, wife & other d'pnd'ts 50,344 Total 109,813 WILLING 10 DO CIVIL WORK. Singlo men without dependants ... 8.448 Single men with dependants 6,220 Widowers with dependants 401 Married men, wife only 3,944 Married men, wife & other d'pnd'ts 24,508 Total ... ... ... ... • ... 43,524 WILLING TO SEQVE AT ALL. Single men without dependants ... 8,300 Single men with dependants ... ... 4,895 Widowers with dependants 325 Married men, wife only 2,353 Married men, wife & other d'pnd'ts 18,323 Total 34,386 WILLING TO JOIN FORCES. Auckland. Single men without dependants ... 8.100 Single man with dependants 4.514 Widowers with dependants .. 250 Married men, wife only 2,304 Married men, wife & other d'pnd'ts 12.887 Total ... „ 27,855 Wellington. Single men without dependants ... 11,403 i Single man with dependants 4,649 ! Widowers with dependants 320 j Married men, wife only 3,103 Married men. wife & other d'pnd'ts 16,898 Total 38,521 Canterbury. Single men without dependants _ 7,601 Single men with dependants ..- ... 3,687 Widowers with dependants ... . 282 Married men. wife only 2,001 Married men, wife & other d'pnd'ts 11,090 Total ... 25.1J7 Otago. Single men without dependants -. 5,933 Single men with dependants 3,470 Widowers with dependants 176 Married men, wife only 1,478 Married men, wife & other d'pnd'ts 9,865 Total 20,120 WILLING TO DO CIVIL WORK. Auckland. Single men without dependants ... 2.400 Single men with dependants 1,972 Widowers with dependants 113 Married men, wife only ... „. 1,166 Married men, wife & other d'pnd'ts 7,413
Total „ 13,07* Wellington. Single men without dependants .. 2,911 Single men with dependants 1.797 Widowers with dependants .. 139 Married men, wife only 1,390 Married men, wife & other d'pnd'ts 1,439 Total „ 14,793 Canterbury. Single men without dependants .. 2,996 Single men with dependants ... M 1,602 Widowers with dependants ... ... 102 Married men, wife only 954 Married men. wife & other d'pnd'ts 5,798 Total 19,522 Ota go. Single men without dependants . . 1,935 Single men with dependants ... ... 949 Widowers with dependants 52 Married men, wife only 434 Married men, wife & other d'pnd'ts 2459 Total - 5,229 UNWILLING TO SERVE AT ALL. A UCKLAND. Single men without dependants .. 2,255 Single men with dependants . . 1,422 Widowers with dependants .. ~ 103 Married men, wife only 959 Married men, wife & other d'pnd'ts 5,095 Total 9.531 Wellington. Single men without dependants .. 2,847 Single men with dependants .. .. 1,270 Widowers with dependants .. .. 193 Married men, wife only 803 Married men, wife & other d'pnd'ts 8,063 Total 10,839 Canterbury. Single men without dependants .. 2,102 Single men with dependants .. .. 1,373 Widowers with dependants .. 73 Married men, wife only 567 Married men, wife & other d'pnd'ts 4,580 Total 8,695Otago. Single men without dependants .. 1,386 Single men with dependants .. .. 930 Widowers with dependants 46 Married men, wife only . 327 Married men. wife & other d'pnd'ts 3,585 , Total 5,274 THE THREE GROUPS ANALYSED. NUMBERS AND AGES OF THE MEN. The following table gives the numbers and ages of the three different groups of men — those prepared for military service, those willing to serve in a civil capacity, and those unwilling to serve:—
Willing Witling Unwilling to join to serve to Age. Forces. (civil). serve. 19 .. 4,882 745 SIS 20 .. 3,631 805 746 21 .. 3,317 911 733 22 .. 3,307 972 823 23 .> 3,450 1,076 869 24 .. 3,473 1,241 902 25 .. 4,215 1,524 1,133 26 .. 4,552 1,700 1,272 27 .. 4,715 1.758 1,293 28 .. 4,675 1,798 1,460 29 .. 4,935 1,855 1,396 30 .. 5,158 2,057 1,475 31 .. 4,956 2,073 1,430 32 4,964 2,069 1,52? 33 .. 4,854 2,135 1,604 34 .. 4,983 2.009 1,622 ' 35 .. 5,070 2.352 1.833 31 -.. 4,503 2,076 1,638 37 .. 4,370 1,830 1,648 38 .. 4,406 2,049 1,582 39 .. 4,202 1.999 1,549 40 .. 4,081 1,996 1,620 41 .. 3,315 1,677 1,391 42 .. 3,308 1,626 1.334 43 .. 3,468 1.708 1,410 44 .. 2.894 1,385 1.220 - 109,683 43,524 94,386
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16097, 10 December 1915, Page 9
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