"OUR CITIZEN ARMY."

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1462, 10 June 1912, Page 4

"OUR CITIZEN ARMY."

tIIpTTER FROM DR. ■MARTIN;''; "/';■ ;■ Godloy ' !ia£ received from Dr. Albert Martm, ot Wcllingt-oii..:-:. , : a- letter congratulating him on the/ap--:"; peani»co of "Oar Citizen ■ Army, aud.c :; ,: ; '. enclosing JCS ss. as «i donation for ■ pro-', : ;i : ■ ticienoy in drill or attendance on w*; 1 *) lines tho Commandant can best devise,.v : . : ; ; ; for tho sth Regiment. ■ In acknowledging £ ; ;; tho donation Major-Gcncral Godley m-y : > forms Br. Martin that his letter antler; practical token of sympathy with movoment and appreciation of the already attained is a very great. agement to oil. '■ ;,i"'-'-U' ' ■_ "' >K% ■ In a letter to Colonel Chaytor,- Com- ■;>% manding tho Wellington dietriot; Major-.,, ,» General Godley said:— _ ■ ,-:, v-ffife? "1 have much, pleasure m Bonding • you • ,y\ tho enclosed cheque for five guineas, and-%';-. letter from Dr. Albert Martin, for trans-, .'.yt; mission to tho Officer Commanding tho;, ;g : sth Regiment. It will, I am sure,- be n■■£s great encouragement to you and all;in■;■■■:'■>' your district to find that your efforts to,;??/-; attain officiency aro recognised in a practical manner, and that the appear- >■■ ance of that portion of your command;■■■;: which attended tho King'e Birthday re->: : v view has provoked euch favourabie.com-.;;.;" 'nicnt;- I should l)fi very glad if Colonel. '.if: Turner would devote the money, as' Dr;';,':';.: Martin suggests, to a prize for proficiency in drill, of which I should be very glad:'.',!;?' to know, in duo course, the proposed coiK; ,* ditioiis." '' .■*■&? UP : :.* t