DRAFT FOR CAMP

Taranaki Daily News, 30 September 1939, Page 6

DRAFT FOR CAMP

VOLUNTEERS TO LEAVE details of departure TARANAKI'S CONTINGENT

The first volunteers to leave for Trentham by special train on Tuesday will be those from New Plymouth and Waitara, for they will be required to report at the railway station at 6 a.m. Information to this effect was received' from the Hawera army office, the headquarters for the area, yesterday. The list of times men will be required to report at stations between Waitara and Patea is as follows;— Waitara, 6 a.m.; New Plymouth, 6 a.m.; Inglewood, 7 a.m.; Lepperton Junction, 7.10 a.m.; Stratford, 7.30 a.m.; - Eltham, 7.45 p.m.; Hawera, 8.10 a.m.; Patea, 8.50 a.m. It is pointed out that all the times given above are in advance of the time ot the train's departure, but the men are required to report at the stations at the times stipulated to allow certain necessary matters to be dealt with at each eentre. Station Arrangements. Arrangements m&de for the departure of the volunteers include the setting aside of a special part of. each railway station platform. The men to entrain will have to answer a roil call. This will be checked, and travelling warrants will be issued on the platform- As far f:s possible the men will be broken off 10 minutes before the departure of the train to give them time to make their fsrewells. Military authorities at Hawera emphasised yesterday that the public should do all possible to avoid interfering with the arrangements. Major L. M. Fairbrother will be in charge of the party at Stratford, Mr. J. Faulkner at Eltham and Staff SergeantMajor J. T. R. Bell at Hawera. After the roll call at New Plymouth the parade will be dismissed until 10 minutes before departure time, 6.45, when the men will again fall in to be entrained. They must not subsequently leave the train without a definite order to do so. Personnel living in the vicinity of Waitara and jcining the train there must report to a uniformed territorial who will have the requisite rail warrant. Personnel living in the vicinity of Inglewood will also report to a uniformed territorial. Territorial personnel will travel in uniform. Others have been advised to wear serviceable but not necessarily new clothing and to take with them strong boots, a mug or other utensil for tea to be supplied in bulk en route. Party for Waikato. Personnel for the Waikato camp on Wednesday will leave New Plymouth at 7.10 p.m. In addition to those already published, the following men will be included in Ihe Hawera section of the draft: C. W. Sproull (Manaia). J. E. O'Connell (Ararata), J. L. McRae (Hawera), M. P. Brough (Hawera), J. B. Dunn (Waverley), I. A. F. Lomey (Hawera) and F. E. Quayle (Patea). This brings the Taranaki section of the force up to full strength, and there will be no need for any other area to be called on to provide men to fill the Taranaki quota as has been suggested might be done in other parts of New Zealand. It is expected that the next draft of men for training will be mobilised in about two months' time, and that a further draft will be mobilised two months after that. Opinion in this direction has been strengthened by a recent statement by the Minister of Finance, the Hon. Walter Nash, in making reference to the cost of training these men for the balar.ee of the current finaneial year. Other than this no statement has been made by Army Departmcnt cfficials and the Hawera office has received no official advice on the question. Fewer Enrolments. Recruits are still being enrolled for service, but as is the case in other parts of New Zealand, the daily enrolments at Hawera are becoming fewer. If anothei draft is called upon, say in about a month's time, there is every reason to believe that the rush of men to enlist will be as great as it was when the first draft was called upon for service. The total enrolments at Hawera to date are 1265 but some of those men have expi v sed a desire to serve with the British foi ces. Additional recruits are:— New Plymouth: A. M. Eagles. Hawera: L. D. Kerrisk (Hawera), W. Thompson (Matapu), H. Bird (Hurleyville). Stratford: A. V. Laurent, G. W. Agent. There is a co'nsiderable number of men throughout Taranaki who have been Classified as temporarily unfit and who are entitled to reclassiflcation as "Fit 1" subject to their receiving certain minor medical or dental attention. These men are advised that if they desire reclassiflcation they should have the necessary attention and then notify the army office at which they were examined when tney conslder themselves fit. As soon as a sufflcient numbcr are waitlng a medical board will be called up to rc-examine tnem.