A CALL FROM THE FATHERLAND.
(Bj TeUsraph.—Press Association.) -, Auckland, July 13. An advertisement in German recently ap< < pcared in an Auckland- paper calling 'uponv all subjects of tie Fatherland resident here to como forwnrd and do tlicir term of mili- • tary or naval service to their nativo country. • From inquiries mado on board tho > visiting Gorman .cruiser Condor, which arrivod to-day, it was' ascertained that any Gorman subject desirous of joining thocrow' , would very probably bo enrolled provided , he passed the necessary tests, though the complement is already over-strong.* Two men ( had been taken on at Sydney. v .' ',_' "Wo. however, do not like takrog N on men from the colonies/' 'said tho officer. "They take too much time breaking in. ■ In our army and navy every man must oboyiro-' plicitly, and aa you know you colonials can never do that. In Germany a man is trained from a small child to obey his superiors at school, at college, and when' he> joins one of tho eervioce. Then when he has completed his term he fools a man; .
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 559, 14 July 1909, Page 2
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177A CALL FROM THE FATHERLAND. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 559, 14 July 1909, Page 2
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