RECRUITING

Southland Times, Issue 17657, 15 February 1916, Page 6

RECRUITING

“ THIRTEENTH ” 120 SHORT. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, February 14. The Defence authorities announced today that the Kith Reinforcements, mobilised last week, are 120 men short in the infantry, the shortage from the Canterbury district being the greatest. It is hoped that the deficiency will be made lip within the next few days. THE NEW SCHEME. THE LISTS SENT OUT. BADGES READY FOR ISSUE. INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICATION. WELLINGTON, February It. Alphabetical lists of the men of military age for nearly all the recruiting districts of the South Island have now been issued, and the remaining ones will be sent out within the next day or two. The secretary of the Recruiting Uoard will make a start with the despatch of the North Island rolls to-morrow, and he expects to have the work finished by the - end of the week. Tlte badges about to be issued by the Recruiting Board will bo ready this week. They will be issued in the ordinary course to men who may register themselves, who secure exemption, or who return from the front in future, but the men whose right to badges has been acquired in the past will have to make application. Returned soldiers will apply to the Base Records Office, Brandon street, Wellington. Registered men. those who have been rejected on medical grounds, and men who have been granted exemption, should apply to the group Office in their military district. The Recruiting Board draws attention to the following letter addressed by direction of the King to Lord Derby at the close of the great recruiting campaign in the United Kingdom ; Aly Dear Derby,— Now that the work in connection with the King’s appeal for recruits is over, his Alajesty hopes that every man who is entitled to wear an armlet will do so, as proof to his fellow countrymen of his response to the call. Yours very truly, ST AAIFORDH AAI. The armlets issued in the Mother Country to men who have offered to serve are similar to the New Zealand badges. THE RECRUITING BOARD. COUNTY COUNCILS TAKEN TO TASK. WELLINGTON, February 11. The Recruiting Board have forwarded to the Masterton and Waipa County Councils an answer to their resolutions saying that it is impossible for any -.of their members to assist in the recruiting movement. The letter expresses concern at the apparent inability of some public boards to value the gravity of the present position, and emphasises in the strongest possible way the opinion that no suggestion of compulsion should be considered until the voluntary system has been thoroughly tested and proved Inadequate. The board would like to know how the voluntary system can possibly be successful if other public bodies and other public men followed a lead so inimical to success as that set by the ilasterton and Waipa County Councils. CARPENTERS AND JOINERS. A SPLENDID RESPONSE. I The members of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners throughout the dominion have responded well to the call for men for the front, and it is worthy of mention that Mr Ivor Hazell, the dominion secretary of the Society, has no less than five sons at the front, four of whom are married men. The Invercargill branch o% the Society has a membership of upwards of 400, and of these 46 have gone to the front or are in training at Trentham. Following are the names of the men who have volunteered : —George Kay, Chas. English, H. Huffadine. John Harper, T. Hartley, S. C. Calder, H. Nicholson, Jack Gough, James Walker, F. N. Margin, W. J, Whyte, Geo. Davidson, R. Buchanan, A. Lawton, E. Cook, Bert. Barton, Ernest Morris, W. A. Cook, Peter Fraser, Thos. H. Baty, Alex. Stirrat, Albert Smart, H. Broad, Geo. McKechnie, J. B. Sexton, E. Campbell, Chus. Sheed, C. H. Green, H. R. Goss, P. Carter, William Sheed, Hugh Winter, Fred. Murray, J. F. Malton, It. Crowther, Wm. Eunaon, H. Donald, J. Doyle, J. O. Wilson, J. C. Kidder, Alt. Chatterton, Milton Green, Ewan Campbell, Stanley G. Compton, Wm. Laidlaw, and Duncan Horne. Of those who have gone to the front the following have been killed : —R. Buchanan, Bert. Barton, and E. Campbell. The following have been wounded ; Geo. Kay, W'. A. Cook, Albert Smart, and C. H. Green. The following have been invalided home ;—Geo. McKechnie and Peter Fraser.