MILITARY SERVICE

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVIIII, Issue 448, 16 November 1916, Page 1

MILITARY SERVICE

THE FIRST DRAFT. I;ALLOT TO-DAY, Teri Te.-s As-ocittlion-ropyright. WKLLINO’I’ON, Nov. 15. A, a me, 11 ug cl ilic Exi-cut ivc ( Dimed U)-d;i\ an Order in ( oum il, as ri-qnireil hv ac tion 32, suh-si'ctiou (, i, cl the Military Service Act, was pas>ed cmpiiworing lim Aliniaier ot Delciicc t' l issue a warrant, authorising the Commandant ot the Detent e Forces _ to call up Irom the First Division of the Reserve tor service with the Expeditionary Font' a silllieieut intmher ol the Reservists m make good the shortages which have been lottltd to exist ill tlb 2ord ami 2!th Reiuioivements. Riiisiiant in riiis authority the ('om--111.111 d. 111; lorn dliveted Ihe GovernmentS(.;i Cl-t ieiall !•' call Hl> suii'iei)‘Ul Reseivisis to make good the shortages an,i to allow a inai-gjit tor men loiiud in he medically unlit and For men who an- exempted on appeal. A -tart will he made with the ballot a; ! 1 o' -lo<-k to-morrow (Thuisday) morning. No reservists will be ladled up by ballot for the following recruiting districts—No. 1 Auckland City. No. 7 Hawke's Bay, No. 12 Nelson, and No. 2n Wanganui. CITY PARADE OF NINETEENTI IS. mzKz. i . *— Per Press Association —Copyright. AY'ELLINGTON, Nov. 15. Large crowds witnossctl the parade of the Nineteenth Reinforcements this afternoon. The general appearance of the men was much admired, and they were given many rounds of cheers as they passed through the streets. Private Murdock -Yfclvor, ot the Specialist Company, died suddenly in Thorndon Quay this afternoon. The cause of death is not stated.