FILLING THE' GAPS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16204, 14 April 1916, Page 6

FILLING THE' GAPS.

FIFTEENTH REINFORCEMENTS

EIGHTY MEN LEAVE AUCKLAND.

The Auckland military district was asked to send 92 men to make up the district's shortages in the 15th reinforcement draft. Notices were sent out calling up tho full number of men, but on the roll being called it was found there was a shortage of two infantry non-commissioned officers and ten infantrymen. The draft, consisting of one infantry non-commissioned officer and 79 of other ranks, including details of other arms, were despatched to the various training camps by yesterday's mid-day Main Trunk train. The names, occupations, and addresses of the rerecruits despatched from 'the city yesterday are as follows :— INFANTKT. W. Barrett,' labourer, Grafton Road. B. E. Beeby baker. Mount Eden. R. 8011, WJhltaker Place. F. Blandford, carpenter, Newton. W. Brand, farmer, S.A. Home. J H. V. Carr clerk, Registrar of Births. W. Carroll, labourer, Wellington Street. H J. J. Carroll, labourer, Auckland. H. Campbell, enginedriver, Marathon, Symonds St. , , J. Carrokhael, ploughman, People * Palace. C. A. Caradus, labourer, Grey Lynn. S. H. Christian, carpenter, Devonport. W. J. Crombie, baker, Mount Eden. A. Cidbert, labourer, Auckland. T. Donovan, labourer, Auckland. R. Dalziel, cook, Queen Street. J. Downey, fireman, Hobson Street. V. R. Ellisdon, bricklayer, Kinggland. 0. E. Elston, butcher, Pukekohe. L. Emanuel, manager, Ponsonby Terrace. A. E. Forrest, carponter, Onehunga. J. A. O. Green, granite polisher, Pon-

sonby. T. M. Hutchinson, farmer, Alexander St. J. A. Huxtable, bushman, St. James St. W. Kirwan, bootmaker, Wyndham Street. ■T. McArthur, seaman, Wellington Street. 11. J. McSweeney, barman, Devonport. F. Matthews, labourer, Wellington. H. R. Manning, warehouseman, Ponsonby D. Michie, farm hand, Hobson Street J. Martron, cook, City Hotel. C. J. Murphy, bootmaker, Mount Fde-i. B J. Nowman, .traveller, Auckland C. McGilvray, labourer, Auckland. T. Norton, fireman, Vincent Street. W. G. Nolan, labourer, Auckland. W. l'ooley, carrier, Ponsonby. J. D'A. Palmer, farmer, On'ehunga. W. V. Smith, farmer, Onehunga. H. Stewart, labourer, Green Lane. H. Sutherland, labourer, Auckland. E. J. Shaw, seaman, Ponsonby. T. Thorstensen, seaman, St. Paul Street* D. Tynan, millhand, Ponsonby Road. A. Vosper, letter-carrier, Devonport. J. Walsh, labourer, Auckland. G. Webb, bricklayer, Devonport. J.. P. Williams, horse-breaker, Papakura.

POSTAL SORTERS. 11. T. Arthur, Findley Street, EllerslieJ. L. Murphy, Mount Eden Road. ARTILLERY. J. H. Ford, bootmaker, East Street. H. B. Wakerley, warehouseman, Glenmor<\ ENGINEERS. A. E. Lye, carpenter, Franklin Road. T. Taylor, sheet metal worker, Auckland. AMBULANCE. J. F. Johnstone, chemist, Devonpoit. W. A. King, tinsmith, Parnell. W. N. Laws, warehouseman, Hopotoun Street. W. J. Liversidgo, clerk, Symonds Street. J. McPherson, grocer, Kingsland. W. A. Philip, chemist, Epsom. W. Tynan, gardener, Remuera. F. W'ilks, school teacher, Remuera. ARMY SERVICE CORPS. F. Crothall, grader, Symonds Street. In addition to. the above list, five men were sent from Waikato and 11 from North Auckland.

(MORS INFANTRV NEEIiJJ.

THE SIXTEENTH DRAFT.

The weekly progress return issued by tho Defence authorities yesterday shows that up to Wednesday night a total of 1093 recruits were fit and available for future reinforcement drafts. Of that number 77 aro prospective non-commissioned officers. An analysis of the return shows that 170 men havo been accepted in the Auckland military district during the past week.

A supplementary return indicates that 509 men, not including non-commissioned officers, aro available for the sixteenth reinforcements, 290 for tho seventeenth, and 113 for the eighteenth. These figures include all arms of the service. The infantry arm, however, requires men at the present time. The district's infantry quota is 485, and at present 326 men have expressed their willingness to proceed to camp with the draft which will leave Auckland on May 2. The district will require to find another 159 infantryman in a little over two weeks if the sixteenth draft is to leave at full strength. The mimbe: of non-commissioned officers and men a' .ulable and accepted for service in tho Auckland military district is shown in the following table :—

Groups. No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4.T1. Mounted Rifles ... 70 23 9 26 128 Artillery ... 31 9 4 IT 61 Engineers ... 27 3 8 8 40 Sicnal Servie* ... 15 9 1 3 21 Infantry ... ... 515 48 45 61 672 A.BC 20 3 1 3 27 Ambulance ... 51 22 3 58 Vet. Corps ... 6 — — 2 8 Hospital ship ... 10 1 — — 11 Tunnellers ... 12 8 1 18 89 Samoan Force ... 8 4 5 1 18 Maoris 3 5 7-15 768 108 77 145 1098