"APRES LE GUERRE."

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 3, 1 April 1920, Page 8

"APRES LE GUERRE."

(To the Editor). Sir. — Permit me once "Apres le Guerre" to absorb a small proportion of your valuable space, to reoccurred at the local Defence OfBce this week. It is generally known that a sddier who was discharged' from ihe N Z.E.F. is entitled to a four weeks fr?e rai'way warrant; and in a lot of cases, owing to trouble ih the Raihvay Department, these warrants were not issued to the soldier on his discharge. He had ihe option of applying at the local Defence Office at any such tirne that suited himself within a certain period after bis discharge. A man who was discharged last Christmas and who had seen ?•. r.r years' active service approached the leea: Defence Gflice for his warrant the other day. He was drcssed in civilinr clothes as no man is permitted to wear his uniform after discharge. (I have never yet seen a man who did want to wear it). He approached a certain Sergt.Major of several years service (chie'ly Home) and the conversation that ensu-d-was something like this. S. M. : "My man. do you not know that y >u are in the drill hall?" Civilian : "Well, I guess that this is where I get that warrant." S.M. : "Don't you know that you should stand to attention when talking ro me in the drill hall?" C (dissgustingly) : "Ruri away. I was standing to attention when you were watching pictures of Charlie Chaplin." He got the warrant. I pass no comment on this incident, but leave it to your readers to draw their own conclusions. — I am, etc., "FOUR BLUE CHEVRONS."