NATIONAL REGISTER.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144856, 7 December 1915, Page 2

NATIONAL REGISTER.

SOME OR THE RETURNS. / OVER 100,000 BEADY TO SEKVE. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, Dec. 7. According to the National Register returns the total number of men- in New Zealand between the ages of 19 and 44 who are willing to become members of an expeditionary force if required is 109,683, made up as follows: Single men and widowers without dependents 33,127 Single men with dependents ... 16,321 Widowers with defendents 947 Married men with wife 0n1y.... 8,944 Married men with wife and with dependents. 50,344 Other results show that the number not prepared to volunteer for the expeditionary forces, but willing to serve m a civil capacity, is 43,524. Those not prepared to volunteer nor to serve in a civil capacity number 34,386. . volunteered for the expeditionary forces but rejected,- 9042, British subjects incapacitated for, military service, 3963. Foreign subjects, 3026.