AUSTRALIAN ARMY.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16350, 23 October 1918, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN ARMY.

HONOURS "frON. "If any mon are hesitating as to whether thy will send in their names for participation in the voluntary enlistment ballot," stated Mr Mackinnon, Director-General of Recruiting in Australia, last week, "they might well reflect on the obligation they owe to their fellow-countrymen in the A.I.F. —the men who are now risking their lives to save theirs, and who are now in the most urgent need of help. "To belong to the Australian army is at present the proudest privilege which couid fall to any Australian of military age. Membership of it will bring immediate £lory, and after the war it will be a most cherished memory and the most precious heritage of our children. Those who go now will be the comrades in arms of the fighters who, in May of this year, were congratulated by General Foch on the 'masterly series of operations' by which they stemmed the great German rush on Amiens, and who on the same occasion were expressly thanked by Sir Douglas Haig for their gallant . conduct and magnificent achievement "If rron are ambitious of personal distinction they will have every' opportunity of obtaining it. Since the /beginning of the war no fewer than commissions in the. Australian army have been given to men who have risen through the ranks. Up till August, 1918, 12,709 honours and. awards had been granted to Australian soldiers. They include the following:— Victoria. Cross •• •• •• 83 Knight Commander of the Order of the Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George .. .. 5 Companion of the Order <rf the Bath.. 30 Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George •• •• S3 Distinguished Service Order ... 376 Military Cross ■Distinguished Conduct Medal ... 862 Meritorious Service Medal .. .. 123 Military Medal ; •• . •• ss^ Uar to Distinguished Service Order.. 14 "Rir to Military Cross .. .. 48 Bar to Distinguished Conduct Medol 8 Bar to Military Med«i • • •• 167 Second Bar to Military Medal .. 2 Royal Bed Cross # •• •• •- Royal Humane Society .. 1 Congratulatory •• •• " Complimentary , "* Honourable Mention ■.« .. 893 Mentioned in Despatches .. ~. 2921 Order British Empire •..< ... *i French •• •• •• 4a Serbian •• •• *• 'f Belgian •• •• •• J® Russian • • •• '•* ~ Egyptian •• •• •« i Montenegrin. .. • • •- A" Italian • • -• •• Mr John Wanamaker announces that his great department stores in America will only be open in future from 10 to 4 ao—thus cutting down the working day to six and a half hours. He has introduced this .bold innovation in order to assist the Government in its crusade of economy. It will mean _an enormous saving in coal and electric light, and will also relievo the tubes and cars in the "rush hours," when the everincieasing army of war workers is orxious to reach workshops and homes without delay. Yvoukl- you gladly change from experimenting with untried cough and cold I remedies if you knew of one that was I prompt and certain? Baxter's Lung ■ Preserver is the most effective and trusty | specific on market. Get 2s 6d bottle. 1