PLENTY OF RECRUITS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 189, 12 August 1925, Page 9

PLENTY OF RECRUITS.

THE ADMIRAL SPEAKS OF HIS MEN, (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") j WELLINGTON, Tuesday. ' Rear-Admiral Ziegenrier, -whose flagship is the Pennsylvania, has never previously been in New Zealand, nor lias he visited England, though he is a much travelled man. lie first went into action in a Cuban engagement, and he also commanded the American fleet, which convoyed some of the first American troops to participate in the great war. When remark was made upon the youthful appearance of the ratings on the warshipe, he stated that their average I age could not be more than 20 or 21 I years. Many of them were just over 18. "They are fine fellows," he said, "and ■ we are proud of them. I am sure you are going to like them in New Zealand, and I am right sure they are going to like New Zealand. You "will find they will fully appreciate the programme ol 'entertainment you have prepared. I Rear-Admiral Ziegeinier stated tfIJH. 1 there was no difficulty in obtaining recruits for the United States W'™ fact, obstacle, MjtfJSgJ&Si way ot eiHetnient, as t"e " Ahwt was far in excess of requa« joined up 30 per cent of 11 em . ™< let the world, took up others, after «jein u j n f'^Te 1 Svlvtia «» Texan,. "v' they arc not cowboys," he said, \°'- hL the question. "They are :T"oTJloJe,:' He added that there "was even greater enthusiasm to S thln.vy in tSe United States, where a larce proportion of people seldom saw ■the than 4, »JF e w f ß 0 .^.?