DETAINED FOR HOME SERVICE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 48, 21 November 1918, Page 4

DETAINED FOR HOME SERVICE

Sir,—Would someone more capable than I voice an opinion on this proposition, and draw the attention of the Government to (his matter about iriiich I writo you? Our heroes who went to battle are for ever enshrined in glowing colours —those who have returned and those who will have experienced and seen the greatest sights man could ever witness, things that will linger in their memories and live after them right down through the ages to come. Has anyone thought of the disappointment those men must feel who were among the first to volunteer, but detained in camp for home service ever since working, serving, foiling, sweating, viidui'iiiK the monotony week in, weeic out, year in and year out, in the patient belief-Hint some day their (urn would come to sail awav and get a slap at the Bodies and serve their King and country "Allanllv as their comrades did. Not manv may have thought of these men as hero'es; but they have fecou,. God bless (hem, and now how are wo going to show our appreciation of their efforts. Going to send them oft back to their respective homes with a slap onthe shoulder and a.mere handshake? Never let it be ea d of us! Thcv were among the first to volunteer, remember, and that alone deem recognition, and they must be repaid by something morei than haid wish by something more lasting. They h«e been fine good fellows, and He navfl been most bitterly d.sappointed in the r ■ greatest des re, through no fault ot tne r oto Now who will move in this matter and propose to the Government that thwe nieh *o granted , a trip across to serve in some 'capacity where they will ,\ U hivfl "li opportunity of seeing some Ml eat war zones, the different nai- ~" and lands, towards whom we all o that when they return and everyone f." se ttlcd and demobilisation completed 'i w too"can join their comrades in tales of their experiences, and not feel alto K tier out of it, as otherwise they; would Perhaps the Lady Liverpool Society or the Women's National Beserve will pw>„o, e it- If not. then someone, but do ■ o t P as s itby.-lam,et ( ... RvTEFUL