MARRIED SOLDIERS LEAVE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2890, 30 September 1916, Page 3

MARRIED SOLDIERS LEAVE

■MAKING THE J3EST OF THINGS. ■ Sir,—Please 'just a little bit of your valuable space for a few remarks concerning lie article in your paper re married soldiers' leave.

Instead of comparing themselves to the married Boldiers whoso wires "live m rooms or lodgings near Feathers ton or Trentham Camps," and who not only "get week-end leave, but are allqwed to eloep at home every night," now would it bo just for a change, and to relieve tie awful monotony, to compare themselves with the married soldiers whose wives live in the Auckland Province or South Otago, and who cannot see their wives but the once, when they get their final leavo? There are many such. My own hushand is aprlvate on tho Permanent Staff at Featherston, and I consider myself vory lucky to be ablo_ to sea him once a fortnight, taking into consideration tho expensive trip, and which he would not be ablo to afford, except at tho reduced rate for soldiers. I. always remember that it is nobody's fault but my misfortune that I oannot afford to live in the town near him,, and that if it were not for the dozens of other married soldiers who do not avail .themselves of the leavo because they cannot spend it in thoir own homes, I should probably not see him as often as I do. There never was a trouble yet, sir, but if wo look wo can seo lots worse off, and I think myself we aro all treated fairly well on tho whole. Any way, it behoves us all, everyone, to oheer up and not "grouse" over things that can't," he helped, or that would cause a lot of trouble and exponso to reotify.—l am., etc., THE CRICKET.