"EACH ONE HAS DIED FOR ME."

Taranaki Daily News, 20 March 1919, Page 7

"EACH ONE HAS DIED FOR ME."

CARE OP OUR DEAD AT HOME. Mr. S. Saunders, formerly editor of the Lyttelton Times, writes as follows from Wellington, under date the 17th inst:—

Sir, —At the request of my friend Colonel Fenwick, the officer in charge of the New Zealand General Hospital at Broekenhurst, I am sending you a copy of a letter he has received from Mrs. C. M. Salwey, of Lymington, which he thinks would be of much interest to many of your readers were it published in your paper.

In his covering note Colonel Fenwick explains that Mrs. Salwey wrote in reply to a circular letter he had addressed to some 300 residents in the neighbourhood of the hospital thanking them for their great kindness to his soldier pattients. He had received a large number of acknowledgements, all expressing warm admiration- for the conduct and bearing of the New Zealand soldiers, and he had selected Mrs. Snlwey's for publication because it contained a thoughtful, warm-hearted offer which he was sure would give as much pleasure to bereaved relatives as it had given to him.

"I have taken every possible care," the Colonel adds, "to see that tip to the time of our-departure the graves of the New Zealanders in the Brockenhurst churchyard are kept in good condition and our brave dead held in honored remembrance, but I know it will be a great comfort to many relatives to be assured that, after we leave, the work will be carried on by such loving hearts and ready hands as those of Mrs. Salwey." —I am, etc., S. SAUNDERS. Wellington, Wednesday 17.

(Copy). Mrs. C. M. Salwey wishes to thank Colonel P. C. Fenwick for the kind circular letter he has sent her. The New Zealand Expeditionary Forces will never be forgotten and they will be very much missed among us all. We shall think often of their deeds of bravery, their noble actions in the battlefield, their self sacrifices in crossing the water and coming to the Mother Country in our time of great need.

Please convey our deep sympathy to the loving mothers whose eyes will not be gladdened by the light of their beloved sons, and tell them those who have given up their lives for others and who sleep for awhile in our historic "acre" shall be remembered and cared for by the women of England. We do not intend ever to forget all that has been achieved by such willing sacrifices. May the cessation of hostilities end in a calm and jf* »eaee and a glorious era dawn for ill mankind, especially for those whe mve taken such a wonderful part in he struggle for freedom, justice, truth and honor. God guide you all safely home. Mrs. Salwey would willingly for any mother whose son rests in our churchyard remember him on any special day. and see that his resting place is cared for. She will esteem this a sacred duty, because "each one has died for me."

Sunhill, Boldie, near Lymington, Hants, January 12, 1919