EVERY YOUNG MAN SHOULD COME"

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2555, 1 September 1915, Page 5

EVERY YOUNG MAN SHOULD COME"

OFFICER'S LETTER. FROM GAL- •'■ ; LI POLL ( A New. Zealand officer, writing to iiis J parents; iu Hawko's Bay, from '.Gal- : lipoli, says he believes : every , young_ man should go. This officer; was , one of 'the' 1 first. New Zealanders at the front in haying crossed over t with, tho British'. Expeditionary Force at; the commencement'of che war, and * joining the New Zealanders on their r going to Gallipoli. _ "There has been no New Zealand mail in for a week or two, but a large English mail arrived yesterday.' I received one from-(France. .The old 23rd Brigade (R.F.A.) loft the, chateau about .-March. 1. I do hope the old chateau jj will escape being destroyed. It-gave me shelter through, a great part of last winter ; and it affords .many .plesls- q ant memories to mo. How I remember s , going. home to it, weary at night, as to s a sanctuary, with its large wood fifes, bath, pianola, and a good dinner, and c a mail ovory lfight to greet us. No- ; tring has developed here (Gallipoli) since _ my last' writing,; excepting a. little progress in. tih& south. I expect the news n of the fighting-hero has given a st-iriiu-lus.to recruiting in Now, Zealand, and t probably ,to the better class of people, causing them- to what a great task wo are really, at. I firmly believe tliat every, lyoung ■ inati,' whether single J or married, who is not'concerned at home with providing munitions of war should come. Thoy ought to be encouraged, ' especially by 'their women- E folk, who. should bear in mind that it „ is only brave women who -produce brav® men. . There .is no excuso for the 'man who says 'I 'have taken unto myself a wife, and therefore I.cannot come.' The man. who says that does not pay a compliment to his wife; neither,iii other ,'his mother, or sisters, d This war is a big thing, demanding big -sacrifices, but not sacrifices in vain. ft Tlio Empire is probably better for tho war already, and if, please God, wo l win, .the prosperity and inner life'bf the nation willbenefit no end. . I know that you wish, with all your : heart, that I was back with you again, but patience, the end will come' somo day, tl and it's a poor heart which never re- A joices." ' 1«