THE CALL FOR RECRUITS.

West Coast Times, 21 June 1916, Page 2

THE CALL FOR RECRUITS.

fid'RHLUS LOR EIGHTEENTH WEI FORCEM ENTS. A SATISFACTOKY POSITION. WELL! NOTON, June -20. The Eighteenth Jleinl'orcemeuts, I which will ho mobilised for training next week i s now complete, and in i addition all previous shortages have, j boon made good. j T)ie offical figures of the registrations j for infantry as at date of Friday, the I 16th inst., all other arms of the service being full, are as follows; ! (Iroup No 1. (Auckland City) sur- , plus, 152; Uronp No. 2 (Paeroa) shortage, -17;. (iroup No. ft (Whangarei) shortage 18: flimiii No. 4 (Hamilton) nil. Tital surplus for Auckland military district, 89. (Troup No. 5 (Wellington City) surplus, II; Croup No. C (Palmerston North) surplus, 36; Group No. 7 (Napier) shortage 43; Croup No. 7A. (Mas terton) surplus, 23; Croup No. 8 (Hawera) shortage 1. Total surplus for Wellington military district, 58. Croup No. 9 (Christchurch City) shortage, 5; Group No. 10 (Timaru) surplus, 42; Croup No. 11 (Kaiapoi) surplus, 20; Croup No. 11A. (Grevmouth) shortage 14; Croup No. 12 (Nelson) surplus 4. Total surplus for i Canterbury military district, 47. Croup No. 13 (Dunedin City) short age, 22; Group No. 14 (Invercargill, surplus 2; Group No. 15 (Onniarn) shortage, 2; Group No 16. (Milton) surplus 4. Total shortage for Otago military district, 18. The total Dominion surplus for the IStJi Reinforcements is 176. Tile,.-, was existing at the same date a shortage on prevous drafts, owing to wastage in camp, of 89, but the surplus enlistments shown above for the 18th Reinforcements now converts 'this Into an excess of 88. WEST COAST RECRUITS. The West Coast quota for the Eighteenth Reinforcements has now been filled,. 20 men from Group 10 (Timaru) having been accepted In make up the local shortage, so that further enlistments locally will perforce not bo despatched with the Eighteenths, who leave Greymoutli him, Wednesday. The dosing of the lists for West Coast recruiting a week before the day of mobilisation is a new departure and indicative of the filip to recruiting in other parts of the Can ierbnry district, the local deficiency having been made up in order to allow the authorities to say definitely they will accept for the 'Eighteenths the surplus offerings in other. district's. The following are the enlistments at the Greymonth Defence Office since noon on Monday: Hende, Jens Jensen, Hari Hari. Eggling, William August, Okura. Magee, Bernhard, Greymonth. McGrath, Donnie, Groyinoutli. Fitzpatrick, Michael Bernhard, Walls, end. Holley, Sydney Onslow Victor, Hokitika. Carroll, William, Kaiata.