EXPEDITIONARY FORCES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1673, 13 February 1913, Page 5

EXPEDITIONARY FORCES.

■■ ■ ~-.. ~7 -~-■■■ , ■■.'•, ■'■'~• ii\ SOME GOOD npESEvSENSE.;,^;,I(j ' ;<By:Tploß^apll i .--Srecial : ' V, : AucklVndl'Fcbruary^.,,,'■ v In connection with';the expeditionary,..,' force discussion, 1 an" interesting .statejij'cn.t |.'!, lias been, .made. Mr.}' by tho;'.orga'nis i ing -' ollieer in the North Island for. the legioti.':' of Frontiersmen. ]:'■;' ..-•■,' Ho says: "I,notice a great deal of fuss in- tlio daily 'papers-''about somo atlcgcd/.;. remarks I .'of'...tho Hon,. James Allen in , London. Ho is reported to nave said,:, that Now Zealand could supply an" ex- : ' peditionary force of 8000 men, and imm'e-;,. dintclv our anti-militarist friends-worked ■■/> themselves into a ;statc of horror, cabled ; to London, etc.', talked of conscrip-... tidn, of New Zealand boys being dragooned.. <~ into foreign service, and so on., well, a,' little foreign service, would dd.solno of;j,l them A world of jjood. There is a great , deal too muchmoliy-ooddlinE.m NowZea- , f land. However, it ought, to bo obvious, : that tho Hoii. James Allen was not refer- • > ring to Territorials ,at'all,; but to.vblun- ',; loer9. for forcjyn service,'-'and ..'ld.vbs ■ - rather ashamed of living in New Zealand if twice that number didn't '.volunteer m-...• the event of a row in which'the Empire was'involved. If the.necessity-does wt occur, till tho legion in New Zealand is organised, tho Frontiersmen will compose a strong ceetimi. of that expeditionary :; force. 1 tliihk I may safely'eKy.that they would undcrtnko to, beat up enough volnn 7 .-. leers to complete the.quota insido a few (lavs, and tho ■■! volunteers' - outside ■ the. legion would still bo ihoked men. If the ; ; call c'amo now. tho 4«gJon could pass the word along, and have over 2000 recruiting . agents at work ■ inside ,a ;day...,.;, ,■■,<,; ;—;