THE ROLL OF HONOUR.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1394, 6 May 1915, Page 3

THE ROLL OF HONOUR.

Onr pride in the splendid valour ot our soldiers is ior the moment dulled by the loss we have sustained, and our sympathy goes out to the relatives of those who have given their lives so freely and in so gallant a spirit for country and Empire. There were no pressed men ; they offered up their lives asking no higher privilege than to serve their country, and prompted by that zest for adventure and patriotic ardour descended to them from their forefathers. Their names will be handed down on the Roll of Honour lor future generations to admire and venerate ; an in spiratiou to those who take pride in their national heritage; a rebuke to the laggards who failed their country at the hour of crisis. This guerdon, in the days ol

chivalry, France gave the soldier whom she

held so dear, Still should his name be called, and still “Not hero; Dead on the field of honour” should reply Be made, that so the dead should never die, But still the name of one no longer

near, Like music on the march, should thrill lire car, And point a way to immortality.

Still will the name be called in the years to come of New Zealand’s gallant dead. Itis a noble thought, this imperishable roll call, with its heart Stirling reply. How belter could wc treasure tire memory of our own soldier sons, “dead on the held of honour ? ' —Dominion.