Captain A. .1. Cross, formerly a master at Wellington College, who is serving with the forces in Gallipoli, after a stirring pen-picture of a charge against the Turks, concludes with this appeal:—"l wish you could sec the men now —some in helmets, some in caps, in all sorts of tunics and breeches, ragged and unshaven, but men, and deserving of all that our country can do for them. I could write reams of their.acts of devotion and cheerful pluck. If those who have stayed at home could see what I have seen they would be ashamed of their manhood. Still we want men,. I am not allowed to say how many, but if I could tell you how many we need to fill our depleted ranks you would scarcely believe mft"
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1915, Page 12
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