CALL FOR RECRUITS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16499, 27 March 1917, Page 6

CALL FOR RECRUITS.

FIFTEEN MEN VOLUNTEER. ELEVEN PASS THE. DOCTOR. FrPiEE.v men volunteered for active service , at/ the city? recruiting | station yesterday. Eleven (were < passed i by \ the : doctor i as s fit, one K was"-' deferred, a rid 7 three • rejected ' sis unfit/ The men accepted are :— N. W. Carßon, clerk/ 1 Ponsonby. , ' 'A .':;' E. Farquharson, r- builder, ,? Devoriport./:./ W. j Hodgson, carpenter, Kingsland. IW.B. ; Kerr, driver, Newton.'•>'' v-< * I \V. Mayall, storekeeper. Mount Eden. ■ . E. ; Partington, : miner. Huntly. •; ' |W. Pateraon, • miner, Ngaruawahia.. '-; J. R. Rogers." miner, Huntly. J. Santo,.cabinetmaker, Devonnort. W.G./ Simpson, ironmonger, City. VOLUNTARY ENLISTMENT. ! QUESTION OF CONTINUANCE. ' The medical : examination of .voluntary recruits was the subject of?a' telegram received yesterday ..by Mr. W. Copeland,* hon. secretary of the City Recruiting Committee, from/Sir James Allen, Minister ; for : Defence. The : Minister ■ directed that, in future,: all volunteers be examined in "exactly the same :way as men?called up ; by .; ballot. In ■: reply, • Mr. Copeland .' tele- ; graphed that, no Medical' Board would sit : in April until April 10, and that it would not bo"' available to : . deal with j'volunteers ' until.' April 15. He concluded , as. fol- / lows:—"Shall -we close *; voluntary enlistment • entirely and let : the ballot:, take /its '. course, or /shall we' continue till April 15 with voluntary enlistment , and -medical ' examination "as before, ;or at*' least to enable us-to have the old system in order to ; complete the thirtieth/reinforcement!!' .;

TRANSFERRING RECRUITS. MEN FROM THIRTIETH DRAFT.' The • Defence authorities recently announced / that : men who 7 had : enlisted ; :for the thirtieth / reinforcement / could,;, by applying to the City. Recruiting Committee, be transferred, to earlier drafts'.- As ; a result, 25 men who had enlisted for the thirtieth draft . have been transferred .to the v twenty-seventh /;■ and •/ twenty-eighth drafts, both of which,' are already closed, "and for which ballots have been drawn. The hon. secretary of; the committee, Mr. M. Copeland, yesterday telegraphed to Sir /James Allen, -. Minister 7: for Defence, asking if / the men 7. would 7be : credited 7 to' the /thirtieth J reinforcement. ; /•>:/'/ ;? ' :: ; "/'

'~ V j SUPPLEMENTARY ; DRAFT.' . • RECRUITS LEA.YE,' TO-DAY. . . A supplementary draft of recruits, ■ 49 strong, will leave for camp.to-day. The men will assemble at the Drill Hall fon roll call at half-past nine I o'clock this i morn* ing. They? will leave;for,. the South by the 'midday/•; Main Trunk express. > The names of the recruits are:—? - 18. A. • Adams, shearer, Olahuhu. ■ IJ. - Benson, taxi-driver,:. Ponsonby. -' IW. Bourke, freezing-worker, : Otahuhu.> C, C. Carter, farrier, City. ' " ' ; G. Clark, blacksmith, Auburn Street,. .' J- : . K - Clarke, ~ machinist, - Mount ■ Eden. I m " ox, Cochran, ■' farmer. '. Kaukapakapa. - "'■' I. S. 'E. : C oOo, v mechanic, Dominion Road '• G.H. J. Deed, farmer, Waiuku. ;'-v ! ,W. S. jJerapsey. =, teacher, Eemuera. |R. Downes, cook, Avondale. I T.: H. ' Dunton,; carpenter, ■ Grey Lynn, vW. * W. ?::; Palwcll, chemist's assistant, OneI hunea. l '..■}'■■':• ;E. Faulkner, fruitgrower, Northcote; l^. -'..-: iW. Foofe, seaman, Newton. , ■■'■', IS.' B. ; Hill, . milkman, Epsom. v A. Hopkinson, • Grey ), Lynn. : - H. R. Hirst ; gardener, Ho wick.A. F, Horsman, farmer, Waitakere. !J. ' J.v Jones;? machinist,',Devonnort.:' - IJ. B. King, insurance . agent, . Dovonport, :'; >(}. Laing. engineer,' Elleralie. ;P. Lee, machinist, Ponsonby. iH. Lees, farmer, -Avondolo South, -, - : . | H. P. Martin,'! labourer.\Otahuhu. -.. 1 '•'': .1 L. J. « Merrick, ; warehouseman, '' Ponsonby. vv.T. A. Moir, ; kilnman, Oueen Street. * :",. I P. Munro, plumber, Ponsonby. A. ,T. McFazean, , timber-classor, l:'Williamson's Avenue. "■ "• ■-.•'•• i H. McGahan, fanner, Onehiinga. - ' ; '■; R. D.; McLeod, ; clerk, Morningside. W- Ncnli*. labourer. Crummer Road. [ C. N. O'Louehlan.; hairdresser.' Grey ': Lynn. |C. H. •,Peeler, dairyman, Epsom. F. =B. Pegler, farmer, Ensom.' F. Peters, v taxi-driver, Ponsonby A. C. Peterson, farmer,; Onehunga. B. W. timber-vrorker, Grey Lynn F. Pollock, driver,;; City. . , : . R. H. Potts, 'surveyor's assistant, City.' G. A.: Reed, carpenter, Avondale. T. H. Sad'ier.;', packer, " Powwnby, H. A; : Scott, • bootmaker, Kincsland. R. Smythe, '\ storo ; manager, Nelson Street, ■ S. : C. Trnut, bnshman, Remucra. .-:-.';■- F.W. Watts, farmer, Waiuku. '. ".'•.: L. J. 'Wise, cabinetmaker, Mount Eden. ■■'■'■■'■! .T. ; E. Wricht, hospital attendant. . Avondale. L. H. Wynyard, traveller, Waiuku. ;