LEAVING FOR CAMP.

Otago Witness, Issue 3215, 27 October 1915, Page 50

LEAVING FOR CAMP.

another draft departs Some 2&0 men from Dunedin. Invercargill, and Milton, forming the second drait lor the Ninth Reinforcements and the two now battalions, left Dunedin on the lath lor Trentham. The city turned out in good style as usual, to bid farewell to the troops and flags flow at the mastheads ol most oi cue i important business premises. Shortly after 10 a.m. the men from Dunedin, 122 strong, mustered m the Garrison Hall, where the roll was called, the crowd in the galleries cheering each man as no answered his name. Aho men were briefly addressed by Colonel J. Cowie Nieholls, V D (officer commanding Otago district;, Colonel E. R. Smith, V.D. (officer commanding Otago Infantry Bng'de) and Mrs Beaumont, all of whom expressed admiration of their patriotism in volunteering, and wished them a safe and speedy return The men from Invercargill and Milton arrived at Dunedin by the first express, and marched to the hall, being heartily cheered an route. At the hall tffiy joined the Dunedin contingent, and shortly after 11 o clock a long* column swung along High street, and by way of Princes and Stuart streets, went to the Railway Station They were of a very good stamp, physically sturdy, and looking of superior intelligence, taking tnom all round. , ~ After the singing of God Save the Lieutenant-colonel Chaplain CuvzonSiggcrs addressed the men. His Worship the Mayor spoke a lew words to the departing soldiers. _ . , The Lion. Mr Allen (Minister of Defence) on coming forward was cordially welcomed. Addressing the soldiers, he said they were about to go into training to make themselves efficient for the work they had to do. It was not easy work, but it led to eolf-respect, to honour, and to glory, even if it led to death. The Empire was 11 P against a big thing, and the men before him were evidence of a great principle the principle that the men of this country were willing, voluntarily, to come to the country’s aid in the country’s need Applause.) “I hope we shall never need to nave conscription,” added Mr Allen, and, if men come forward like you, we shall never need to have it.”—(Applause.) He firmly believed that in the firing line the men would do their duty, and every man and woman in New Zealand would bo proud cf them. In addressing a few words to the neople, Mr Allen said there wore men in the community who could not take up arms, and it was their duty to keep things going at homo in the interests of those who went* away. He asked employers to keep open for the men who were going away the positions they had relinquished to enable them to serve the country’s cause.—(Applause.) If there were any persons in the gathering who knew men who ought to enlist, and who had not enlisted, it w■ ! s their duty to see that, in this time of trial, those men did enlist. 1 The Empire would never become groat if this was lost to it. God knory we did not seek it, but it had come to us, and we had to face it, and face it like the men and women that the race was made of. —(Applause.) On the call of the Mayor, cheers were given for the soldiers and for the men at the front, and the contingent then marched on to the platform and boarded the special train, which left at 11.53 a.m. THE MEN WHO WENT. Provided there were no defaulters at Oama.ru, the Otago quota should now be only about 40 short, 343 men going forward from all parts of the Otago military district. The group figures are as follow; P 3 | £“ £? § | . . | s -a .si | c 5 4 -s rt c 3 od r* rn -+^ o si 'tj a .t® . o C4 ig) <1 H Dunedin ... 43 19 52 4 1 3 —122 Invercargill ... 21 3 84 1 4 —113 Milton 18 2 22 2 1— 45 *Oamaru 26 2 34 1 63 Grand total, 343. * Approximate. The following are the names of the men from the Dunedin group who entrained: — Signal Service. —Territorial: Leslie Wesley Swan. Engineers. —Territorial: Alfred Isaac Dotting.. Civilians; John Walter Betting, George Campbell, Herbert Shuttle worth. Army Service Corps.—Territorials: Fredk. Leonard Smith (clerk), George Christen Thornicroft (mechanic). Civilian; James Walsh (driver) Artillery. —Territorials : Thomas Archibald Ambrose, James Blackley, William Louis Booth, Charles Irwin Booth, Louis Henry Oscar Bohmann, Geoffrey Osborne Dunsford, Norman David Dougan, Stanley Floyd Hickey, John Ecclos Crawford Leith, Cyril Peroival Latimer, Carrington Stanley Mrtrhews, Malcolm Balgawnie Miller, lan Henry MacLcan, Dougal Alexander Horne M‘Lachlan, Frank Slight, Christopher Geo. Tyson, James Trench, William Albert Templeton. Civilian: Arthur Henry Cameron. Mounted Rifles. —Territorials: Robert T. Beveridge, George Tekau Bailey, Herbert Taylor Bain, Frederick Francis Burgess, Cecil Francis Bryant, John Robert Coard, Charles Coburn, Colin Murdock Campbell, Albert Daniel Duncan Clydesdale, John James Gilbert, Robert Chas. Taylor Gordon, Jack Hedges, Edward Thomas Hill. Stanley Isitt Kay, Leslie Loan, Evan David M'Quarrie Henry William M'Grath, Walter Cockbnrn MTndoe, James A. O’Docherty, Owen Joseph Syron, William Smolensk). James Smolensk!, Henry William Sew Hoy. Robert Stuart, Morton Freeman Samson, William Leslie Thomson, Hugh Thompson, Albert Wilson, Edward Wood, Bertie Henry Winchester. Non-com-missioned officer: Percy Browne. Civilians: Joseph Daniel Collins, Alexander Williamson Ch rich ton, Adam Francis, John Charles Fothergill, Thomas Dver Guthrie, James Henry Hendry, James Charles Hooper, Jas. Ir.glis Macdonald, Thomas Bulla,, James Simpson, James Shields, Alexander John Wilson. Infantry.—Territorials ; Claude Hubert Brown, Alfred James Bushel! Arthur Jas. Bush, George Bonnet. Alfred John Brown, Gordon Gumming, John Kennedy Crawford. Archibald Alan Cameron. Charles T. Cameron, John Cameron, Edward John Churchill, James Leslie Dovenio, William

Forrester, Matthew Thomas Gdmonr, Alios. Grundy, Douglas Gordon, William Gardner, ily. Wm. Thomas donas, Alfred Clarence Lcthaby, Ernest Harold Langford, Arthur 1,. Melville, William J. Maben, Donald M'Gregor, Albert E. M‘Evvon, Clare Nicholson, Jos. O’Neil!, Mathew Poland, Edward James Hoove, John Thomas Snccston, Ralph William So liter, William George Thompson. Civilians; Erie Bowden, Samuel John Bnshcll, James Arthur Brown, Robert Bert Brebner (joins Christchurch), Leonard John Goughian, John Duncan (joins Christchure llobert Evans, fercy Harold Headland, James MTvclvic, i horn as Jeffrey M Queen, Neil Miller, Charles E. S. Macdonald. Wm. Newman, Ernest Henry Reeves, Walter Frederick Suckling (joins Wellington), Goo. Armstrong Turnbull, William Turner, John Robertson Watson, Frederick Arthur Chas. Woolridgo, William Williams, Carl Tustenbci ff Yungo. Major Dodds was in charge of the men. ' FAREW T ELL •AT MILTON. Another quota of volunteers from Group 16 Area, South Otago, paraded at the Milton headquarters of the district on Monday evenin”', to answer the roll-call as a preliminary in their service on behalf of the Empire. They wore entertained at social functions during the evening, and in the morning again paraded and marched to the railway station, headed by the 14th Regimental Band, playing* martial airs. Tlig residents turned out in largo numbers, and the volunteers wore accord d a heary send-off as the train steamed out. Following is a list of the volunteers, with the different units to which they arc attached : FIELD ARTILLERY. Milton. —A, E. Cameron and W. A. Milne. FIELD ENGINEERS. Lawrence. —Sapper Wh E. Cormack and Driver W. C. Jones. ARMY SERVICE CORPS. Roxburgh.—S. M‘Loan (motor mechanic). NINTH REIN F ORCEMENTiS.—I2th (Otago) Squadron. Ratanui. —J. Allen. Croydon. —V. Biggar. Balfour. —J. Blue. Mataura Island. —A. Brown. Hcriot.—W. O. Brownlie and W. C. M‘Donald. Awamangu.—M. Cook. Rongaherc.—E. IT. and Wh R, Cruickshank. Balclutha. —R. V. Fleming and E. M. Pickering. Edendale. —J. Sim and Wh F. Marshall. Stirling.—A. M‘Lean. Waikaka Valley.—E. Martin. Knapdale.—P. Mallon. CatlLns. —F. W. Marks. Pomahaka.—R. M. Sargent. NINETH REINFORCEMENTS.—Infantry. Hexiot.—A. V. Christie. Gore. —J. S. Collett, T. F. Falconer, F. Gutschlag, C. Keenan, and 11. Paul. O tarn it a. —A. Dickson. Milton. —J. Dooley. Wend on. —T. B. Johnson. Rongaherc.—R, Kell. W 7 aikaka.—Wh Linnoy. Waikoikoi.--J. Meek. Houipapa. —A. J. Ah Miller. Waihola. —R. D. Muir. Clinton. —A. E. Perry. Lawrence.—C. J. Mullin and E. J. Quinn. Ivaitangata,—H. S. M‘Fadyen, A. Rogers, G. A. iSwatten, J. L. Telford, F. Williams.