RECRUITING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 566, 2 December 1915, Page 3

RECRUITING.

DOMINION REGISTRATIONS.

Press Association. WELLINGTON, Decmber 1. The percentage of (enlistments, including unfits) on Saturday last for the four military districts throughout the Dominion were as under, those for the preceding week teing given also:— 5?-.2 .2 *: • fl S 1-* O fi » fij CIS -.5 ofl is .• 'S "So,* J2 £"2 o ' S sgs 3 Auckland" .. 30.15 29.10 25.0 Wellington .. 39.81 * 42.25 32.1 Canterbury .. 18.41 , 16.98 ■ 24.8Otago .. ... 11.60 11.67 17.8 On Saturday Jast the district percentages were as under for men passed as fit, and still on the list to be medically examined, the previous week's figures being also given MOUNTED RIFLES. Week ended Week ended District. Nov. 27. Nov. 20. Auckland .. . • 19.46 19.11 Wellington .. .. 48.29 51.38 Canterbury .. .. 20.65 \ 17.19Otago 11.60 12.32 ARTILLERY. Auckland .. .. 25.89 24.43 . Wellington .. . . 36.96 '/ 37.70 • Canterbury,. .. 21.14 22134 '■■•'■"Otago-*.; .. •' 16.01 15.53 - ENGINEERS. Auckland .. .. '33.51 ■ 33,52 Wellington .. .. 41.36 41.76 Canterbury .. .. 16.23 18.13 Otago .. .. • • 8.90 6.59 SIGNAL SERVICE. Auckland .. .. '39.28 41.67 Wellington .. .. 41.08 39.58 Canterbury .. .. 14.28 14.58 Otago .. .. .. 5.30 ; 4:17 INFANTRY. Auckland 32.13 31.22 Wellington .. .. 40.39 46.55 Canterbury-.. .. '18.29 111.81 Otago 9.19 8.42 4.RMY SERVICE CORPS. \ Auckland .. .. 39.28 35.29 Wellington T. .. 31.76 38.35 Canterbury ~ .. 13.37 14.16 Otago .. .. .. 15.59 12.20 AMBULANCE. Auckland ..... 39.34 38.83 Wellington 29.84 34.08 • Canterbury .. .. 13.37 11.16 Otago' .. .. .. 11.15 10.33 VETERINARY. Auckland .. .. 26.09 21.00 Wellington .. .. 21.74 24.00 Canterbury .. ~ . 21.74 21.00 Otago 30.13 28.00 i ' HOSPITAL SHIP. I Auckland .. .. 47.69 44.41 Wellington .. .. 26.20 14.82 Canterbury .. .. 16.92 13.58 Otago .. .. ~T • 15.39 27.16 TUNNELLING COMPANY. Auckland .. .. 57.14 50.00 Wellington .. .. 26.20 25.00 „ Canterbury.. .. 7.14 10.00 Otago 9.52 10,00 SAMbAN RELIEF FORCE. •Auckland .. .. 41.93 Wellington .. .. 16.13 Canterbury .. .. 19.3(5 Otago 22.58 MAORIS. Auckland .. ..' 65.52 56.67 Wellington .. .. 31.015 43.33 Canterbury .... Otago ; 3.45

SHORTAGE FOR NEXT DRAFT.

A SERIOUS POSITION.

There is a serious shortage of recruits for the Eleventh Reinforcements who are to go into camp this month. In Christehureh the position is that, with the quota to leave Christchurch for Trentliam on December 15, there is a shortage of 10 mounted men and 50 infantry. *?he other branches of the quota arc full. On Tuesday evening 54 men presented themselves for medical examination. Of these, 115 were passed as fit, 22 classified as temporarily unlit, and 17 were rejected as unfit. But only six of the 15 men who were passed as fit offered themselves for the Eleventh Reinforcement. The others do not want to leave Christehureh until January. The list of men who have enlisted since the last list appeared in The Sun is as follows: — Thomas SiniUi, "Highland Homo," Oxford Street, Lyttelton, seaman—lnfantry. Charles A. Clark, o/o 11. Matson and Co., clerk —Infantry. Herbert Pain, G.P.0., motor mechanic , Mounted.

_ T _ . _____ Albert Perrin, G.P.0., mechanic—Samoa. Alan Wood, G.P.0., letter carrier—ln- £% fantry. , "* "• • ~iP'PPP-o^^ Thomas O'Boylc, Motukarara, farm hand- - V Mounted. Charles Rickcrby, 65 Edinburgh Spreydon, labourer—lnfantry. \ Edison R. Hardakciy 11 Carter Lane, Qir y,; Chester. Street, labourer—lnfantry. * Edwin T. Bunsden, 27 River Road, labourer V J —Farrier.'' / "tw|| Stanley W. Harrow, (3(52 Gloucester Street, t labourer—lnfantry. -/' Robert C. Searlc, care Tramways, clerkInfantry. j ' Archibald Miller,. Fairfield Avenue, Adding- ■■ ton, cabinet maker—lnfantry. Leslie H. H. Black, .Oxford Hotel, farmland': ■£= —lnfantry. Herbert D. Jamieson, 267 Moorhouse Avenue, ~- 4 ironnijoulder— " ? George B" Saville, 12 Edward Avenue, St." Albans, gaudener—lnfantry. . f 1 Edward It. Wilson, 447 Tuain Street, gum V? digger—lnfantry. , ' * i s| Colin Deans, Riccap*ton, clerk—Mounted. . ' Alfred Ernest Eldred, 116 Salisbury Street, -'-J. factory band—lnfantry. W Joseph Wright, 278 'Wilson's Road, Lin- 'PP wood,- gardener—lnfantry. ' i ;Tj Donald Stiles, Akaroa, farmer—Mounted.? t'"P Williuin Henry McGec, 30 Macaulay Street,' ' ■ painter—Ambulance i • ' , *.l Harold Watkinson,~9 Taylor Street, Addington, grocer's assistant—Mounted. ■ ' jtfi Charles Catley Brown, 167 Madras Street, ->\s sugar boiler—lnfantry. . - Ernest Frank Pcarcy, 40 Carlton Street, St„ J Albans, storeman—Mounted; f V Joseph Harvey, Sailors' Home, Lyttcltoa, fireman—lnfantry. \ J Noel Lucas, 113 Fitzgerald Street, St. Albans, painter—lnfantry. Cleaver Richelieu Farrant, 24 Longfellow .Streejt, Sydenham, tailor—Army Service Corps. , , - • William Gray, G.P.O. Cliristchurch, horse' driver—lnfantry or Mounted. Neilson Ra shy all Collenso, 23 Queen's Road, ~t ; , Shirley, painter—lnfantry. , James Nicoll Reid/ 1)3 Aikman's Road, T ' sbhool teacher—Ambulance. John Emnierson, 89 Brougham Street, Syd- '' cnhani, labourer—lnfantry. , . Cecil B. Hardingliam, 1 Maxwell Street, Riccarton, plumber—lnfantry. Thomas James Lester, 233' Manchester • Street, driver—Mounted.. • - Ami another. Charles Gaskell, Russley Road, Upper Ric(iarton, horse trainer—lnfantry. Charles O'Malley, Cliristchurch, labourer—> • i„ Infantry. • • • '(.V* Patrick John Cosgrove, 406 Durham Street, Christcliurcli, ■ traveller—Artillery. ■'■»* William Gray, Cliristchurch, horse driver — Mounted. Robert Charles Chapman, Riccarton, farmer —Mounted. Victor Alexander ■ Burns, Preston's Road, Styx, dairyman—lnfantry. Herbert Alfred Thomas, Cliristchurch, farm labourer—lnfantry.

According to Dr 11. T. J. Thacker, M.P., it is an exceedingly difficult thing to start au agitation in Christchurch. That is a sentiment whidli he expressed at the Lyttelton Harbour Board's mooting yesterday. The Doctor added that possibly the flat nlature of the city was responsible for this.