MILITARY SERVICE.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 February 1917, Page 5

MILITARY SERVICE.

EXEMPTION FOR RAILWAY MEN, . * By Telegraph.—Press Association. ' „ Wellington, Feb. 15. - • The Railway Department, in applying 4 ' for the exemption of 50 ballot men be« 'ft fore the Military Board, stated that the y staff was now down to bedrock and majf& men were working overtime. The limit jj had been reached. 1 xl| The board granted exemption for three • 1 months to liable the Government toxon- f aider the policy question.of continuing , ..,1 all existing train services or,otherwi»&j.'vV|j REQUEST FROM SEVENTH DAY. ' IM ADVfiNTISTS. , 'if, Wellington, Feb., 15. ' ) A deputation of Seventh Day Advent- ' ists waited on Sir Jas. Allen this after- ,' noon. Thoir principal request was tliat „1 they should be allowed to carry out \tcombatant service only, also that they should not be required to perform Buch ' duties on the Lord's Sabbath, from BUUi set on Friday till sunset on Saturday. The Minister pointed out that "the" ''>? military boards Jiad power to deal with 'jj conscientious religious objectors. As for . the observance of the Sabbath, war was , S enrried on every day, and great inoonvenionce and difficulty arise if a"n , V attempt was made to differentiate. ift " the case of Seventh Day Adventists ill \ training camps. However, he would 'i t what could be done. '

4 * tt The Paris journal Matin, in a recent 'p article on English aviators and their '. " $ bravery, remarks tliat they are entrusted *J with the same mission as the French. <.*■« "The same halo of brilliancy etietrclos 1 a them, they obtain the same iglorioue ro- ',l suits, and yet there .is, an indefinable something which distinguishes tlieai from their French colleagues. What- Ifl ' J (.his elusive quality whieli enables one to distinguish the nationality of thfe '■ ■ % aviator on merely hearing the detail* Vj of an aerial exploit? I thipk it in ' because our Allies carry on aerial warfare in a more sporting than military ' J spirit. They regard on encounter in tbei' • air with their abhorred enemies ns an exciting and thrilling experience. Ami they observe (he rules of the game Vitil » stringent and knightly courtesy. Thivy > mode of action, while permitting our Allies to obtain remarkable has also the inconvenience of augmenting their losses. The combnt in the *ir l*' r often unequal, the Englishman wll ifot-Tjuii hesitate to attack siugle-hatxied lon twelve Germans. He brings down fcovoK4|a al, but, is .often beaten