Still More Men.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 299, 27 May 1915, Page 4

Still More Men.

OVEIt jo.oiii) WANTED. THE MARRIED MAN'S DUTY. A QUESTION FOR HIMSELF. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, May 28. Fifty men were enrolled yesterday, bringing the city total to 377:}. licfoio the middle of December next the military authorities require ll),000 men and about 3700 horses in order to keep ni> their undertakings with the War Office. Then between December 12 and April Hi, (5300 men and liioo horses. „ The Hon James Allen, semi by a reported in regard to what has already been said about the necessity there may be for married men to enlist for the front, stated there seemed to be some misunderstanding as to what he hud said previously. "I want first of all," said Mr. Allen, "the unmarried men, and if there is any unmarried man who is eligible and who has not volunteered to go I think lie is answerable to the community generally, and to the locality in which he lives. This applies equally to rieh and poor. And even then, I don't know whether we shall till all the needs. After that the call comes to married men between the ages of 20 and 4ft years, but that call must come to a man personally. I cannot decide tha duty of any married man in * this respect. I do not know his circumstances or how he is placed in domestic and other responsibilities. It is for each man to decide whether his country's call to fight his country's batttlc is sufficiently important in his eyes to justify him in going, or whether there is an even greater duty call to remain at home and look after his wife and children. I say again that I cannot deride such a matter, nor will I attempt to do so." Questioned as to whether any special provision in the way of increased pay or separation allowance would be made for married men enlisting, Mr Allen replied that all he could sayl was that provision was made under the law for a soldier's wife and children, and for himself if required. "I don't say it is adequate, and I am going to ask Parliament to improve it in regard to widows and dependents of men who may fall."