LEGION OF FRONTIERSMEN.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1751, 16 May 1913, Page 8

LEGION OF FRONTIERSMEN.

BOUGH BuT HEADY DEFENDERS,

IBr Telorr 11 pb.—Special Oorrasnondnnw « i ■ ,ii c Auckland, May is. fcpeakins at the first annual meeting-of nie Auckland command of the logioaof Frontiersmen last, night, LieutenantColonel Allen Bell said it was certain that very soon tho Now Zealand branch of tho legion would form part of the Defence force of the Dominion. Genera! Godlfm had suggested that the Legion should while still retaining its individuality and its own lenders, becorao part of the national reserve. Tho X«.\v Zealand national reserve had not been formed yet. The authorities had to obtain the rules from Britain, but the rules had boon modified to suit New Zealand requirements, and they should Ik- gazetted almost any day nmv. Tin' members of Hie Region of Frontiersmen would have the privilege of affiliating themselves with (lie reserve, which would be the nucleus of the citizen army in New Zealand. The Lesion was composed of men who had rough and reaily , training, and had faced peril and hardship, and it was not possible to hedge tlitiM! men round with rules and regulations, nor whs it. desirable nor necessary, as it would bo in tho case of an organisation for the training of youths or boys. 'The national reserve would include a very large number of men who were dispensed with when the present Defence scheme came into being, and who were very much disappointed in consequence. He\va< sure a very large number of (lio'e men and a very lara> number of members of the T.ejion would be found volunteering for the expeditionary force it was proposed to recruit in New Zealand. (Loud applause.) The members of the Legion provided their own uniforms and tlieir own arms. They cu«l the Stale nothing, and thev had a right lo espei.t (hat the Legion should be included in the expeditionary force. (A pnlnuse.)

A motion was Mi'i-er|uently earned viewing with pleasure the proposal In form :i 11 expeditionary force, nml trusting Unit flic l.ogion would bp included tlinicin.

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