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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16233, 19 May 1916, Page 6

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YESTERDAY'S RESPONSE. | THIRTY-ONE REGISTER FOURTEEN MEN ACCEPTED. Thiety-one men enrolled at the central recruiting station yesterday. ■Of that number 14 were accepted, 11 were deferred and sis were rejected as unfit for active service. The Garrison Artillery Band played a programme of music outside the station last evening. Four recruits who were deferred at the first examination were accepted. One of yesterday's rejected men was suffering from deafness caused by the noise of big guns when serving in the American Navy. The following table -shows the number of men who have enrolled at the central station since the commencement of the recruiting campaign in Auckland:— Beg. Ace. Def. Eej. March 4to 11 ... 689 275 186 128 March 18 to IS ... 373 160 129 84 March 20 to 25 ... 307 147 97 63 March 27 to April 1 275 113 112 60 April 3 to 8 ... 222 105 81 36 April 10 to 15 ... 162 74 60 28 April 17 to 22 ... 136 60 59 17 April 24 to 29 ... 238 112 71 55 May 1 to 6 179 69 73 37 May Bto 13 ... 218 94 75 49 Monday 60 29 19 12 Tuesday 38 "11 19 8 Wednesday _. 44 15 12 17 Thursday „. ... 31 14 11 6 Totals 2,860 1.276 994 59© The names, occupations and addresses of the men who were accepted yesterday, together with the areas in which they reside, are as follows: — H. Brown, printer, Hobson Street. T. R. Brett, journalist, Devonport. G. Chubb, steward, College HilL A. L. Christian, driver, Hobson Street. A. Chorley, motorman, Mount Eden. E. M. Huggins, tailor, Symonds Street. G. Hodder, motor mechanic, Parnell. B. C. Hart, law clerk, Takapuna. K. E. Mynott, insurance clerk, Devonport. F. Rawlnjgson, cook, Auckland. L. J. Traill, jockey, Princes Street. L. J. Wall, salesman, Devonport. Deferred, now fit:— D. S. Jones, ironmonger, Mount Eden. J. Roach, driver, Cook Street. A. R. Rosser, compositor, Epsom. J. L. Wilson, shop assistant, Ponsonby. NO. 3, WHANOABEI, GBOUF. V. McGrath, settler, Swanson, Kaipara. NO. 4, HAMILTON, GROUT. C. E. Cameron, driver, Cambridge. THE MEN AVAILABLE.

POSITION IN AUCKLAND. TOTAL OF 1231 ACCEPTED. The weekly progress return issued by the Defence authorities yesterday shows that up to Wednesday night a total of 1231 recruits were fit and available for future reinforcement drafts. Of that number 68 are prospective non-commis-sioned officers- An analysis of the return shows that 181 men have been accepted ii the Auckland military district during the past week. A supplementary return gives the number of infantry available for the seventeenth and succeeding draft*. The figures are :Seventeenth draft, 414; eighteenth, 275; nineteenth, 130; twentieth, 49; twenty-first, 9; twenty-second, 10; a total of 887' fit infantry on the district's books. The district is still 71 infantry short of its quota for the next reinforcement draft, which will be despatched to camp on May 30. The number of non-commissioned officers and men available and accepted for service in the Auckland military district is shown in the following table :—

! No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. TL Mounted Rifles ... 41 15 8 20 79' Artillery ... ... 33 9 7 21 70 Engineers 20 3 2 7 32 Signal Service ... 7 3 — 3 13 Infantry 581 113 105 138 937 A.SC 16 3 4 4 27 Ambulance ... 19 8 3 3 28 Vet Corps ... 6 — — 2 8 Tunnellers ... 10 — — 3 13 Samoan Fores ... 8 5 5 1 19 Maoris 3 — — 2 5 "744 154 ~129 ~204 1231 THE NINETEENTH DRAFT. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS. The following officers have been appointed on probation to the nineteenth infantry reinforcements, and will report at Trentham camp on May 30: — Captain J. G. Coates, reserve of the 11th. North Auckland, Mounted Rifles Matakohe. Lieutenant Jas. Penniket, 4th, Waikato. Mounted Rifles —Ohaupo. Lieutenant C. A. Lynch, unattached list B--n,rt„ide. ElWslie. Lieutenant A. W. Smith, 16th, Waikato. ReeimentFrankton Junction. Second-Lieutenant M. D. Rohan, unattached list Kimberley Road, Epsom.

SAMOAN RELIEF FORCE.

DRAFT BEING CALLED UP. Headquarters, Wellington, has asked the Auckland district to supply six details for service with the Samoan Force. Twenty men, six from Auckland, seven from Wellington, four from Canterbury, and three from Otago, are being called up to eo into camp at Narrow Neck, on May 25. They will not be put through a course of training in cs.mp: they will be despatched to their destination after they have been provided with uniforms and equipment.

No. 4 GROUP QUOTA.

THIRTY-SIX INFANTRY WANTED. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.! Hamilton, Thursday. For the No. 4 Group quota for the seventeenth reinforcements there is at present a deficiency of 36. The names of the men passed as fit since the last list was published are as follows : — Infantry: W. L. Absolum, Otahuhu; T. Best, Te Hirua; G. Blair, Waiuku; W. Boyd, Otaua; S. Bregmen, Rangiriri ; A. Burton, To Kawa; E. Burndred, Huntly; C. Callaghan, Aria; T. J. Oronin, Taupiri; F. R. Drake, Te Kuiti; F. T. Drummond, Tamahere; W. R. Frair, Ngaruawahia; G. Gordon. Te Kuiti; T. Hall, T. J. Hall, Hamilton; H. H. Hallett, Te Kuiti; J. E. Harper, Pirongia; T. Havard, Mangapeehi; R. A. Haylock, Marakopa; T. B. Healey,M. Healy, Huntly; J. A. Helms, Te Mapara; G. C. Homersham, Otorohanga; C. D. Hoskyn, Raglan; S. C. Hunt, Ponsonby; W. H. Hutt, Ngaruawahia; R. W. Jones, Pirongia; J. C. Lambe, Rangiriri; H. B. Laing, Ngongotaha; L. G. Laurenson, Te Mapara; D. McDonald, Taumatawaenga; M. S. McGee, Otahuhu; R. Maitland, Te Kawa; D. J. Meaney, Mangapeehi; L. Mills, OEaupo; N. B. Morrison, Cambridge; A. Motley, Aria; H. S. Mulholland, Ohaupo; W. J. Nankivell, Mangapeehi: F. Nicholson, Frankton ; A. L. Orr, Mapui; P. Peguere, Mercer; R. L. Piper, Otahuhu ; J. Pitcon, Te Kuiti; M. Potroz, Te Kowhai; D. C. Potts, Raglan; G. Prince, Hamilton ; G. Pye, Ngahineponri; T. F. Quinn, Ohaupo; J. Rennie, G. A. Rigden, F. Rigden, Hungry; R. Robb, Hamilton; R. A. Scott, Te Kowhai E. J. Smith, Te Kuiti; W. Storry, Hamilton; J. J. Thomas. Pukekohe; W. E. Wade, Mercer: L. Watkins Cambridge; F. N. Wood, H. C. Wood, Aka Aka. ' Non-Commissioned Officers.—lnfantry : R. E. Conrad i, R. Dryden, F. J. Fisher, £' rt ttl-n R> Jrd an. 0. Scott, Hamilton. Artillery: H. Beeslev, A. P H i^ , pSs5r fl4sa - SignaJleri