OFF TO TRENTHAM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16663, 7 April 1916, Page 9

OFF TO TRENTHAM.

THE FIFTEENTH. BEIN - FORCEMEATS.

DUNEDIN SENDS ITS FULL QUOTA.

OTAGO DISTRICT 51 MEN SHORT.

The city was gay with flags yesterday, when another contingent of men loft for Trentham lor training preparatory to going to tho front. The Dunedin men assembled at the drill liall at Kensington, and, after being addressed by Colonel Smith, marched into town by way of tho Anderson Bay road and Princes street to the ■ Octagon, thence down Stuart street to tho railway station, where Major Moller brought them to attention to listen to the farewell speeches. Tho Invercargill and Milton men arrived in Dunedin by the eouth express, and, after partaking of refreshments at the Early Settlers' Hall, provided by the Otago Women's Patriotic Association, joined tho Dunedin men in front of tho station. There was a large crowd of people in attendance, and the proceedings were most enthusiastic. The Mayor of Dunedin (Mr J. J. Clark), who conducted the farewell ceremony, was supported by the Hon. J. Allen (Minister of .uefencej, members of Parliament, of tho Ciity Council, and of the Dunedin Recruiting Executive. • Tho Maori Hill Band (under Mr J. Simpson) led tho Dunedin section through the city, and afterwards opened the proceedings at the station by fllaying the National Anthem. Tho Mayor said the citizens of Dunedin had cause to be proud of its young men. That day it was sending away its full quota of the Fifteenth Reinforcement.— (Applause.) Tho people were at last recognising the reality of the war and the need there was for everyone doing his duty to the Empire. Month after month they assembled to say good-bye to brave men, and at those times the one thought in the hearts of all wae that those men were going away to fight for them. These men could not do more if the Huns were hammering at our gates, for if the Germans won it would mean as much tragedy and horror to us as to the people of the Old Land. Tho crowd showed its appreciation of the valour of tho departing soldiers by giving them hearty cheers. Continuing, the Mayor said to the men that they were leaving the city with the heartfelt good wishes of the people, whose earnest prayer it was that God would protect them. They were setting o'ut on a long march —a march that, it was hoped, would end in Berlin, when they would plant the British banner on the topmost pinnacle of that city.—(Applause.) He was sure they would worthily uphold the honour of the brave lads of Anzac, and that they would do nothing on or "off the field that would bring discredit on their city', upon their land, or upon their Empire.—(Applause.) The Hon. Mr Allen, who was received with cheers, said he appreciated tho sacrifices the men before him had already made. When they went into the training camp they would be under influences they would value. They would realise they were not single individuals. They would stand alongside their mates; they would realise what had been done by tho men who had boon before them, some of whom haid made the greatest sacrifice a man could malce for his oountry. Ho asked the men he was addressing to give all the energy they possessed to equipping- themselves for the great work they had to do. He could only hope they would have a chance of being at the front in time.—(Applause..) 'Hie .trusted they would help 'to rcckon with our foes..and keep the banner of Now Zealand-and the flag of the Empire flying high above tho enemy.—(Applause.) The men going'away that day were by no means behind the Main Body or the reinforcements as re<gards physique and desire to do their duty. —(Applause)—and the leaders of our division at the front would be glad to see them, while their mates who were now theiv» would extend to them the right hand of fellowship. He wished to congratulate the people of Dunedin on tho fact that the cjty was seiidirriT ; Kwav four men more than "• a uota.—(Applause.) The military district of Otago, however, was 51 short of its complement. If 'they "could secure that n'umbsi' of men, the district would have contributed its' full quota to the Fifteenth Reinforcement.—(Applause.) Owia<? to shortage and wastage in the Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Reinforcements, Otago, a week ago, was 95 men short in those reinforcements, but to-day that shortage had been riduced to 57. —(Applause.) He hoped men would come forward' in tho next few days and make up that shortage of 57, and also the slinvtatr~ in the Fifteenth . 51—108 men in all. Would those "men ■ come forward ?—(Applause.) He hoped they would, and it would make' up every shortage up to date. Dunedin had done splendidly. He recognised that the organisation created in accordance with the Government's scheme was producing this effect, and he ventured to say that Christchurch would produce the same result, for Christehurch was thoroughly well organised!. He looked to the South Island to show the North Island that, by organisation and work, it could produce regularly its reinforcements without, any shortage. The North Island would then follow the example of the South Isla/id in bringing into forco the organisation which had been .devised in the. recruiting scheme put before the people by the National Government and the Recruiting Board.—(Applause.) He again congratulated Dunediin on securing all the men wanted. He was proud to stand in his 3 own city and know that in the Fifteenth 1 Reinforcement there were four more men than were asked for.—(Applause.) Again 1 addressing the soldiers, he said men had v gone from Now Zealand who were now dead. ' , J "I do' not ask you," he adlded, "to £ avenge them, but I ask you to complete P the work they began—the upholding of p truth, honesty, uprightness, and justice, as " against military despotism, wickedness, and " ■murder—(Applause)—for there has been murder committed by our enemies. You 01 are going to do this great duty to yourselves and to your country, and we congratulate you, and wish you every success." a —(Applause.) _ S The band played another selection. Chaplain-captain W. Gray Dixon made a J* epcech, in the course of which ho said:: — ?' "I feel it to be indeed an honour to have 1° been asked to address a few farewell words to you in the name of Christ and tho " Church. You have had the wisdom to re- F c cognise that you live in a great time and to determine that you will not yourselves be less than the time in which you live. ' c We "honour you for your enlightened devotion. May God bless jit and confirm it and deepen it and turn it to the 'most triumphant ends. It is truly a great world that confronts you —a world big with tho possibilities of the mightiest upheaval in history. We can all hear tho crashing of ' this upheaval, but it is your privilege to mate for the very thick of it, and to carry into the very thick of it the greatest thing in life—young manhood. And this young manhood you carry, as the poet sings, out of the very lap of the dawn, from those pioneer mountains which first greet the rising sun:— On holy mountains, out of the lap of the dawn, The dow of Thy young soldie<ry offers itself to Thee. Carry with you the purity, the strength, , tho beauty, the irresistible sweep of tho A rising sun marching upon the mountains! Your conflict is without doubt light against darkness, and you stand for tho light. Approve yourselves, then sons of the light, for nothing can be more contemptible than to profess to fight for the light while personally implicated in the things of darkness. CI Let your character be without reproach, like that of the good knight Sir Galahad, ™, who lost himself to find himself at tho Cross. Rest assured that no crusadere of medieval romance ever undertook a holier warfare than yours. Theirs it was to capture an empty sepulchre; yours it is to see to it that out of tho sepulchre of tho world which is now being crucified there shall arise a new world of righteousness and truth and freedom such as men have never seen .before. Be. then, yourselves righto- 1 s " ous,. true, free. God speed _ you., . God . use. . you gloriously in your patriotic service, and " bring you back to u-s in triumph. You young crusaders go to battle singing And we, who listen to your song, may know Again the bells of Freedom will bo ringing. As they wore rung a hundred years ago Ay, and better far, for the grandest times — are before us, thanks to the Christian warfare of such as you." The men were then marched to the special train, which left at mid-day. Lieutenant Dobson attended to the en- N training 1 .

Iho following is tho list of munics of the men wiio wcJib forward from tiio Lkiuedin group

CIVILIANS. David Ashcr. Albert William Austin. Jaines Aitken. Alfred Frederick BcisseL Albert Joseph BelL Alexander Bennett. Alphonsus Clark. John Walter Lyall Combs. Paul Davics. William Daniel Drew. Edward Orotty. Thomas Stanley Cookbum. Joseph Dyer. Robert Gormack. George Garland. Peter Gray. Hugh Scott Hannah. Alfred Ilenry Heather. Stanley Robert Hill. llobert Lawrio Hutton. Thomas Ingra/ni. William Keeiuin. Joseph Xitto. dairies Vere Kirko. Malcolm M'Leod. James M'Clymont Robert Ross M'Donald. Frederick Digby Mining. . James Munro. ' William Matheson. Thomas GretUui M'Kenzie. Alexander Rankin M'Kenzio. John M'lntyre. Arthur William Maokay. David Morton. Neil Neill. Charles Victor Ogier. Richard Patrick O'Brien. Percy Oliver. Alfred Pellowe. Thonjas Reynolds. William Wallace Smith. Sydney Bach Smith. John Campbell Smith. Arthur George Smith, John Sullivan. Jamea Swanson. Robert Steven. Robert Pryde TurribulL Kenneth Westfold. James Wyllie. Georgo Wyllie. Walter Alexander Wyllie. Peter Kenneth Low. John Maguire. Samuel Hanger.. Frederick; Arbuckle INFANTRY. TERRITORIALS. William Jules Berland. R chard Brown. Edward Arthur Barnes. Albert James Bryant. Robert Gilbertson Bowie. Gcorgfe Frederick Chapman. Francis Henry ©oatsworth. Taylor Duke. Simon Dick. Fred Ellis. James Guyton. Percy Thomas Gentleman. Alfred Thomas Greig. Joseph Arthur Gibson. Stewart Robert Hall. . William Henry Harris. William Ireland. Charles ./illiam James King. John Francis Kitto William Wallace Knox. William Taylor Millar. Thomas Marr M'Artbur. William Miller Lorimer. Bernard Joseph Murnin. James Mitchell Marshall John Lennon M'Bride. Campbell M'Cord. Archibald M'Millan. Harry Hunter Orford. Henry Robertson Parslow. Ernest George Prattley. Robert Hall Rogers. James Henry Traill. Robert Good Percy Turnbull. ! Harry George Turnbull. Mathew John Thompson. William Taylor. Geoy Gibsoii Thompson. James Henry Treloar. Robert Gordon Torrance. Felix Tregarthan iFrank Turnbull. Robert Alexander Wilson. Wilfred Charles Waldren. William Robert Wilson. James Wishart. Peter Draper. James Emerson M'Donald.' William Jury. ENGINEERS. ' TERRITORIALS. Stanley Macwilliam. Rabbidge. CIVILIANS. , James Lillie. Sydney Thomas Smith. MOUNTED RIFLES. CIVILIAN, David Pollok. TERRITORIAL. Farquhar M'lvor Sutherland. ARMY SERVICE CORPS. TERRITORIAL. Horace James Bauchop. ARTILLERY. TERRITORIALS. Harold Leslie Campbell. Gilbert Cooper. Cecil Hunter. John James Stevenson Miller. James, Thomas Millow. Francis Clarence Watson. Richmond Pledger. CIVILIAN'S. Archibald Coleman. Williaip Clark Liddell. N.C.O.'s (17th REINFORCEMENTS). MOUNTED RIFLES. ' Leslie M'Kay Paterson. INFANTRY. Leonard Robert Bishop. Frank Fulton Cameron. Leslie Galbraith. James Bark. Arthur Ernest Stevens. . Norman Leonard Francis Wood. DEPARTURE FROM MILTON. The South Otago section (Group XVI) uota. was 14 short of the district's allotted uota ivhen the volunteers for the Fifteenth, ieinforcememts paraded at Milton headaarters. The men, the greater number of hom are civilians paraded at the Milton efence office on Wednesday evening to aswer tiho roll-call, after which they were ismissed for the evening, and > were illeted at the various private hotels. Durig the. evening they attended the recruitig address given, in the Coronation Hall ? the Hon. James Allen (Minister of Dence), by whom they were congratulated l having answered the Empire's call. They ere afterwards entertained at social funcan&—supper in the Y.M.C.A. rooms and basket social organised by members 'of ;. John's Club. The men paraded again yesterday morng, and marched to the railway station, taded by the 14th Regimental Band. They ined the express to catch the special, troop ain at Dunedin, and were accorded an enusiastic farewell by a large number of sidents, who had gathered to do them mour. Following was the roll-call of those who ok their departure:— MOUNTED RIFLES. Owalca.—Geo: T. Falconer. Balclutha.—J. Leslie Hall. < FIELD ARTILLERY. Roxburgh.—W. G-. M'Millan. Kaihiku.—John Agnew. FIELD ENGINEERS. Balclutha.—A. E. Spivey. SIGNAL SERVICE.. Milton.—David Pringle. N.C.O.'S SEVENTEENTH 4 REINFORCEMENTS. Gore.—John R. Deal, Cyril F. Scobell, ex. L. Smith INFANTRY. PukeTau. —John M'Kinnon. Kaihiku.—Walter R. Ayson, Peter H. pson, Mokorcta. —W. D. Anderson, Geo. Beange. Waimumu. —Wm. G. Barber. Danrobin.—Murdo M'Kenzie. Olydevale.—Alex. G. Matheson. Ratanui.—Wm. Williamson. Mataura.—John W. Black, Francis H. earwater, Jas. Henry, Jas. R. Wards. Roxburgh.—John Carlin, Jas. H. Cotrlok, George Collings, Jas. F. Ley den, deon A. Snrith. Kaitangata.—Chas. H. Williams, John R. illiams, Robert Garven, John Hellyer, A. Morgan, Jas. S. Rarity. Gore. —Frank F. Cooper, John Fogarty, R Latham, David B. Lyttle, E. D. 'Donald, J. E. L. Simpson, John Taylor. Dunedin.—J. H. J. Gallon. Owaka.—Frederick Hay, Percy S. Johnine. Balclutha.—Oswald Jones. Ettrick.—W. J. Morrow. vVaiwera Scmth.—C. A. Moore. Edi?ndale.—Thos. Phillips. Wyndham.—Lloyd Rankin. Clinton.—Albert J. Shea.t. 3taria.—Henry E. Stranger. Waikakn. Valley.—W. J. Tripp. Ivovell's Flat. —Jas. M. Tweed. Stirling.—Robert S. Weir, Wm. Weir.