OFF TO CAMP.
XEW PLYMOUTH MfoN FAREWELLED. The Xew Plymouth quota for the •intli Reinforcements left for camp by the mail train yesterday riiorning. They were given the customary send-off at the railway station, where a good number of citizens gathered to bid them good-bye. Parcels of comforts from the Women's Patriotic. Committee were distributed to the men. The Citizens' Band was in attendance and played appropriate selections prior io the departure of the train. The men were briefly addressed by the Mayor (Mr C. It. Burgess) who said the citizens appreciated the sacrifices they were making in going to do battle for the Empire.- They regretted the necessity for the men's going, but it \vas war. and war was-a cruel master. The nation, however, had to see it through to the end. He said he could do no more than, in the name of the citizens of Xew Plymouth and the districts from which the men came, wish them God-speed, and, if Providence willed it. that they might come back safe and sound. He hoped that ere they reached the trenches the song of 'thanksgiving would be sung for peace as the outcome of a complete Allied victorv.
At the call of the Mayor, cheers were given for the men. When the train lt"l"t ilie platform the band played ''Anld Lang Syne," and further cheers were given. The playing of the National Anthem concluded the ceremony. Following are the names of the men who went away:—K. V. Coombe, J. L. Cartwriflit, l'\ I'. H. Frew in, Hodge, A. C, Hooker. V. R. Jury, E. Kindherg, K. I>. Kidd, A. E. Mace. 11. A. Norman, Prestnov. J. S. Rollo, W. \V. Smith, and S. A. Sitl'leet. THE HAWERA QUOTA. The Hawera draft was (says the Star) given an enthusiastic send-off. The recruits, headed by the Hawera Citizens' Ihind, inarched to the station, where, on arrival, they were warmly cheered. The Deputy-Mayor (Mr. L. A. Hone), in the absence of the Mayor, who is in Dmiedin. congratulated the recruits upon their patriotism, and said he was sure the men of the .'tilths would.do their part as nobly and heroically as their predecessors had done. The Rev. (.'. H. Grant Cowen said the 'lflths were going forward as policemen to assist in the capture of the "Mad Dog" of Europe; they were going forward not in a spirit of war, but in a spirit of preservation of order, that the world maybe made cleaner and purer. The men of the .'hiths were going forward as champions of right, and as such could claim th« blessing of God. The ladies,' committee presented each recruit with a useful kit. As the train moved away the band played "Aiild Lang Syne," accompanied by cheers lor all the Taranaki draft. THE KLTHAM DRAFT. The men who entrained at Eltliam yesterday were: Privates J. Barry, *M. Bourke, W. A. Ronnie, C. E. Fougere, D. J. Gibson, and S. Hoskin. There were a number of townspeople at, the station to see them depart, previous to which they were briefly addressed by the Mayor (Mr. T. H. Crump), who wished them God speed and a safe return. Cheers were given for the men. —Argus.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 March 1918, Page 3
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