UNKNOWN HEROES.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 261, 31 December 1914, Page 2 (Supplement)

UNKNOWN HEROES.

NAMES OF REGIMENTS WHY THEY ARE SUPPRESSED Tho London " Daily Express"' print* what is said to lie tlu text of an address delivered by Gen. Smith Dorrien on Nov. S to the West Kemt Regiment after exceptionally brilliant work and brave conduct in action on their part. The addrss apparently discloses the reason why the censorship i, suppressing news of the achievements of particular regiments, which has liecu the subject of much criticism by tho newspapers: General Smith-Dorrien said: "No matter how gallant the work performed, how splendid the stand made, you hear nothing about it. I will brieflv explain why. We are fighting the most serious war that has ever tak'.n place highly trained .staffs. If w 0 were to against highly trained armies and publish the fact that the West Kent regiment made a gallant stand, or had done a certain thing at a certain place, tlv,? enemy would at oire say: 'Why. that's the »o-and-so brigade, and so-and-so division,' and thus locate us. It is ab-nlutely necessary to keep everything important from setting into the paper —the gallant deeds, bow performed, and what such and such a regiment did.

"Tha.t is why our men haslrn to go on performing thrse deeds without their relatives knowing anything about them. I hope you underhand it. It is very galling on you to go on >i< you do day after day and your folks at home not k> know anything about it. but the rcr-ords .of performances are kept. and. wli.-a the time comes, they will be published. "Things ar 0 going extremely well. Wo have' had heavy lighting, but Rtill hope that the fighting will get less and less hard, because in time. 1 think, the Germans will i\alf>o tha r . they are up against a brick wall. You may laugh, but that is a true description. We arc increasing in :tr<ngth. and have reinforcements coming up. So have the French. "The object of the Germans wa.s ,o break the power of the British. They hoped to wipe us out and take Calais. Paris, and Havre, but they have fail-

■'Russia has attained tremendous successes. Slip has driven back the Germans in north-east Prn'-sia. Poland. ami the Austrian i'ronti.r. and the filiation is as favourable as it possibly c:ui h.\ The PusMcti army U rolling along, and the. longer we can retain hold Of the Germans here the better w ; < are going to v. in. and we shall win so hue/ a.s we have the h In el' lia-.t-alinns such as your."