THE CASUALTY LISTS.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15339, 24 July 1915, Page 8

THE CASUALTY LISTS.

STATEMENT BY GENERAL GODLEY. v ' (sr-ECIAI. TO "THE ritESS.") ■:' AVELLINGTON. July 23. ,7 Tho following reference to the diffi- ;.'.' culty in collecting casualty lists at tho - trout is made by Major-Genera] Godley, Officer Commanding the New Zealand Forces, in a letter received by the '.' Minister of Dofcuco (tlio Hon. James. Alien) *— "I am afraid thero will be great trouble in New Zealand at tho u_.»iy ' ■ in receiving casualty lists, but jt «s • -' r absolutely impossible to get then from tho battalions and the regi-, .. --\ ments. They cannot find thorn oat- *'. themselves, very often, iv tho thick-'----scrub and maze of trenches in which wo are fighting, and when they do - they are all so dog-tired that it is impossible to get any returns or any clerical work done. * - ■ "Every officer, non-commissioned officer, and man who is not fighting - is digging for dear life, and tho wounded in the first instance, and after some of the other engagements, havo poured down so fast to tho' 1 '"■ . beach, and havo been evacuated' so woll and so quickly that they havo been gono before there is any chaneo of getting a tally of them. I hope v ." that yon will* explain this to ail tho people, and make them realise that, it is not through any carelessness or idleness that the returns are not sent at once."