SPECIAL FORCE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23918, 20 September 1939, Page 6

SPECIAL FORCE

ACTIVITY AT DRILL HALL MEDICAL AND DENTAL EXAMINATIONS The registration office at the Kensington Drill Hall is still being kept occupied. There is no longer a rush of applicants for inclusion in the special military force from city workers; but postal applications continue to come in very steadily. In fact, the Drill Hall is a very busy spot indeed nowadays. The medical boards are sitting regularly, and those who have been examined are being classified ac.cording to the medical and dental re'-; ports. ■:, ■; ; ■ . Yesterday’s applications totalled 35; bringing the figure for the Otago area up to 648. A start has been made with the selection of the personnel of the first draft. Officers and non-commissioned officers accepted will go into camp on September 27, and the advance party of i troops will follow on October 1. The mam body of the draft will leave two days later. > Further registrations are as follows, grouped ip No. 1 Group (officers’ oil the reserve or active list), Group No.- la (retired or ex-officers). Group No. 2 (single men), Group No. 3 (married men without children), and Group No. 4 (married men with children): — DUNEDIN Group 2 Arthur Gordon McDougalh Frederick George Wallace, Sydney James (Kaitangata), • Walter. James Duell, " William Fergusson, Arthur William Barnett,. James Crawford Farmer (Seacliff), Clarence Lee Moore, Lawrence ErnesP Anthony Arlidge (Dunback) , Lewin Llewellyn Roebuck. Ewan McGowan (Patearoa), Gerald Samuel Cashion (Clyde), James Galvin (Tarras), William Alfred Clark (Cromwell) , lain Alastair Macdonald (Pembroke), Clive Cathcart Guthrie (Pembrdke), Thomas Ivan Frater (Dunback), William Taylor McLew Chapman (Waihemo), George Voller, James Edward Wynne, Bruce Mark. Joseph Thomas Butler, Patrick O’Donnell Gavigan, Ernest James Olsen, Herbert John Bourke, Frederick Thomas West, David Shaw (Palmerston), James Alexander Downes (Sawyers’ Bay), Leonard Verdun Keen. , ~ . Group 3 Feodor Eric Larson, Norman Pay, John Cumberbeach. Group 4 Ronald William Flintoff (Abbotsford), Charles Robert Ross, Ronald James Sizemore (Becks). Archibald Smith (Green Island). Albert James Charles Smith. Eric Chapman Keen, William John Plunkett, Joseph Alexander Bryant (Mosgiel), James Joseph Paul Byrne. O AMARU Group 2 Douglas Symon. Group 4 Stanley'James HoWie, Frank Abbott Macdonald. NORTHERN DISTRICT ' RESULTS OF MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS (Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND,. Sept. 19. A further 750, men for the special military force were medically examined at the four 1 centres in the Northern Military District to-day with the result that 493, were classed fit. 178 temporarily unfit, and ,79 permanently unfit. ‘ The percentage of fit men was 65.7. , Up to to-night 1460 men in the district had been passed for the force out of 2317 examined. WELLINGTON FIGURES DAILY AVERAGE OF 235 f \ (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON. Sept/ 19.. The approximate total of registrations for the special force at the military headquarters in Wellington tonight was 1650. ’ C •’ . : '’ There have been seven days recruiting so far, and the daily average is 235. CHRISTCHURCH RECRUITS NEARING THE 1000 MARK - (Per United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 19. Fifty registrations to-day brought the total enlistments in Christchurch .to, 994. ;■ ENLISTED AT SEVENTY-SEVEN COLONEL’S EXAMPLE TO YOUNG MEN . ■• CPer United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH. Sept. 19. With more than 50 years of military service behind him. Colonel G. J. Smith, of Opawa, to-day enlisted for service with the special force. Sharing with Sir R. Heaton Rhodes the honour of holding the senior colonelship of the Canterbury Regiment, Colonel Smith is 77 years of age. He said to-night that he had enlisted to encourage young men to offer their services also. ' , ; V PAY AUGMENTED MEN ON ACTIVE SERVICE AUCKLAND HARBOUR BOARD’S DECISION (Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND, Sept. 19. All members of the Auckland Harbour Board’s staff of more than one year’s standing who perform military, naval or air service are to have their pay augmented by an amount equal to any deficiency ■ between their war service pay and what they would have received from the board in their normal occupations. This decision was made by the board on the' recommendation of the board in committee. PROVISION OF CHAPLAINS ARCHBISHOP AVERILL’S PLANS AUCKLAND CLERGY’S SUPPORT (Per United Press Association) , AUCKLAND, Sept. 19. Full support for Archbishop Averill in his plans regarding the provision of chaplains for the military forces was expressed at a meeting of the Auckland Clergy Association. The arrangements that would be necessary were reviewed by the archbishop, who announced that provision would be made for ministration in the various parishes from which chaplains weredrawn. -r ... , , , Members of the association pledged themselves to support hi s proposals and it was stated that full details of the church’s plans would be announced shortly.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NATIONAL DAY OF. PRAYER ' The Church Worship' Committee of . the Presbyterian Church -of New Zealand has been advised by the> clerk that the church will be called, to unite in the observance, of the; National Day of Prayer on October I*.and is engaged in. preparing a special order of service for use oh that daty. '-_'