BRISK RECRUITING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16434, 10 January 1917, Page 9

BRISK RECRUITING.

INCREASE IN NUMBERS.

FORTY-TWO VOLUNTEERS.

THIRTY-FOUR FIT MEN.

Recetoting was brisker yesterday than it has been for same considerable time. During the day 42 men signified their willingness to join the Expeditionary Force. Of this number 34 were passed as fit, five were deferred, and three were declared below the physical standard required. The names and addresses of the men accepted for service, together with the areas in which they reside, are :— NO. 1, CITY, GROUP. E. C Arlidge, 'factory hand, Parnell. E. C. Allen, farmer, Onehunga, W. P. Barnett, traveller, Rem'uera. J. G. Brook warehouseman, Epsom. H. Bavorstock, farmer, East Tamaki. B. Breadbent, gardener, Mount Eden. S. Beswick, telegraph cadet, Onehunga. T. C. Brown, driver, Grafton Road. R. Callaghan, labourer, Mount Eden. D. H. Churches, bricklayer, Remuera, T. Clark, farmer, Waiuku. R. A. Cleland, biograph operator, Devonport. A. Challinor, packer, Ponsonby. H. E. Collier, land agent. City. G. A. Douglas, farmer, Mangere. A. C. Edwards, clerk, Ponsonby. A Freshwater, caretaker, City. T. Gates, telegraphist, Onehunga. F. W. Gardiner, labourer, Cook Street. A. T. Gick, ironmonger, Symonds Street. A. J. Hawkes, storeman, Mount Eden. F. Banning, —, Newton. C. S. Mcintosh, butterraaker, Pukekohe. S. B. Morrison, farmer, Drury. E. M. McGinley, salesman, Symonds « Street. J. Mason, labourer,, Hobson Street. D. Norgrove, labourer, Ponsonby. G. Neil, driver, Morningside. H. J. North, tinsmith, Newmarket. R. Pavitt, linesman, Newton. W. Palmer, Civil servant, Manurewa. F. R. Peake, salesman, Great North Road. J. L. Reay, factory manager, Pukekohe. M. Thompson, labourer, Great Barrier. One probationary non-commissioned officer, in addition to those already published, left for camp with yesterday's draft, '< namely, M. Burrett, builder, Mount Eden. QUOTAS FOR MARCH DRAFT. AUCKLAND CITY TO FIND 301. Following is the allotment of recruiting i district quotas for the twenty-seventh reinforcements, which will go into camp in March, and for which voluntary enlistment la now proceeding: —

TWENTY-SIXTH DRAFT. The national shortage for the twentyBiith reinforcements— recruiting for which closed on Saturday—is 1212. This means that slightly over naif of the draft will require to be made up' by ballot now proceeding from among members of the first division of the Expeditionary Force Reserve. The twenty-sixth draft i will mobilise four weeks from date. ■ The following table shows the quotas I asked for from each recruiting district and I the shortages they will require to fill by the ballot:—

Recruiting District. Quota* Auckland City... „, ... 301 Hauraki ... .«. ... 58 North Auckland 73 Waikato ■ 100 Wellington City 222 Manawatu ... 107 Hawke's Bay , ... 83 Taranaki 104 Christchurch v 172 South Canterbury 106 North Canterbury (A Nelson' ... ... ..* ... 76 Dunedin 138 Southland 130 North Otago 53 Clutha 50 Bay of Plenty... . 37 Wairarapa , ... 86 Poverty Bay 67 Wanganui ... • > 79 West Coast ... 67 Total ... ... ... 2173 SHORTAGES TO BE JILLED,

! Recruiting District. Quota, Shortage. Auckland City .... 297 132 Hauraki 57 39 North Auckland .. ..72 60 Waikato 99 45 Wellington City ..220 1^4 Mahawatu .. .. 106 % Hawke's Bay .. .. 82 45 Taranaki 103 69 Christcfiurch .. .. 170 1(71 South Canterbury .. 104 76 North Canterbury .. 63 44 ~elson 74 — Dimedin 137 99 Southland 129 71 North Otago .. ..53 41 Clutha 50 36 Bay of Plenty .. .. 37 - Wairarapa 85 64 Poverty Bay .... 66 30 Wanganui 78 31 West Coast .. ..66 52 Totals .. .'. 2148 1212