CORRESPONDENCE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 70, 28 February 1916, Page 6

CORRESPONDENCE.

[To The Editor Stratford Post.] Sir,—The Taranaki quota for the 14th Reinforcements is short by about fifteen infantry. The men are required to leave the district next Monday, and I wish to take this opportunity of appealing to any young men who have not yet enlisted to do so now. I want thorn to remember that the Government is pledged to compulsion if the present recruiting scheme fails. Surely, New Zealanders* do not want it to go forth to the world that compulsion was necessary to secure the requisite .number of. lighting men. Now is the opportunity for any young men who are still hesitating to show their worth. Taranaki has done all that has been asked of her up to the present. It would he a pity to fail now. Young men, lie British! Show the enemy it is not necessary for a Britisher to he compelled to fight for his Country! Uphold the honor ol tlie Old Flag, and follow where thousands of your comrades have led! Cannot you hear the spirit voice ol your fallen comrades on the blood-stained fields of Gallipoli (■idling to you 'Will you fail to answer the call P As a conscript, would you lie pleased to meet your volunteer fel-low-countrymen on the field of battle? Do not he compelled! Be a volunteei : Enlist to-day and “Be not like dumb driven cattle, “Be a hero in the striic.” —I am, etc., J. MASTERS, Chairman Recruiting Committee.