THE OVERSEA CORPS.
CULO-VKL, NUUTu:-, lriw*'HTn.-? fink KL-'i-'i.iiiT. Luiulon, August 13. "Duke's ?un, cut*,.,-, sun, son ol n 'belted 1-ii.i-r --Un: uid .lilting line IU-Jiul ucros.-i onci memory «.,u-i sutmi'jig i,;i Hie veslHmle ul' o. OciUiui Uuiku'ngt;, \%'tiitcii-ijiiiti;r, waiciung Duo lHs.-ii ol an iuiiks roil up m resipuiise tu Ooionci Norton bi'iiluiibi' to oversea! liriUms who have ; bceit on active service. '1 H e response lias'been magit.Jieiiut. Australians, New Xcaiamioic, Canadians, oven isouis who fougat us so Jiercely and gallantly but It' years ago—all a;o roiling up in hundreds, eager and. willing 10 light lor Jung and Jumpirc! . Only those noi. at present connected wiUi any existing naval or military organisation are 'being enrolled. ' The original- inicir-liou was lo ionu a corps of lOi)'.) mounted infantry, .but, said Col met (Irili'iili.i.to'Uie writer, the response lias-boon .so ("lithiisiasiU: that, tins number has already ibccii, executed, audi still greater tiling axy hoped lor this oversea I'orec 'Lieutenant-Colonel Cnwldoc-k, who won (l:iiiiinel.ion as leader 61' 'tlv New Zealand turn's in the .South' African war, will lie in command, and practically every imari in the first unit will wear two or three mieduls, tokens oi former galiaii:, service. Men of all ranks arc volunteer Jug. And it is sijiniilicaii't of the spirit that animates them that they isUpulate for no consideration on account ot previous service or former rank. A dktingiiiiished cavalry officer, now retired ui'ici 2o years' senvieo, oil'cred Ins: sword— oommission or no totnuiission. "t am quite ready to light as an ordinary IroyiMr," he said quietly. ' An ix-Uovernor-Gencral of Australia, ■ who fought in Sun Hi Africa, walked in to subscribe the roll. A Sydney man who was returning home 'by Mi«. Otranlo has abandoned: his passage and enlisted. Peel's and moils ui peers 'have eniMjled themselves, all eager to get to 'the trout, no matter in what capacity. There are rare exceptions. One littlerat of a. chap with a minimum height and chest measurement, wJio 'liar served as a private, strutted in mid ottered to enrol if they made him a captain. "Sir," said a, distinguished major 'who was acting as a yet-railing sergeant, "the Only post vacant i ft that of a Meld-Aliu'slial!" And the "rat" slunk out.
Thu men who hare been accepted are of line physh|ue, good riders, good (-"hots, old campaigners, and hard a* nails. Many of tln.'in have fonjjht, under -herd ItoburU and Lord Kitchener, aiull are keen to take the fieid again with Sir John French.
Colonel (irill'illiii himself, ul a volunteer officer, has seen a good deal of active service. He commanded the ■Scouts in the Jlatabelc war, a squadron of Brjloant's Colonial Division in the Boer war, and was adjutant of Lord 'KobrriV bodyguard. Colonel Colin Hardin:;, who won fame in the Mat'abelo campaign, is actively co-operating Colonel Orilfitlis in organising Ift-i corps, and several other officers of distinction are rendering valuable aid. Colonel Cradilodk should have cause to be proud of his Men.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 108, 30 September 1914, Page 2
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491THE OVERSEA CORPS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 108, 30 September 1914, Page 2
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