ANZAC DAY.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17437, 24 April 1922, Page 7

A NZAC DAY.

ARRANGEMENTS

AT THE CATHEDRAL.

■ am will be sung »* 4 Mlen, f Ht 10 o'clock to-morrow Z admitted at the organ ti* te *o o The main doors of the *«• ?"liil be opened at -A A^l.teen reserved tor the {3L A , nr the Catafalque may be breaths or tne door rrom IroagM to the ,o played ~m. At "l'lineral t * he ° rgn th'e Eh of R h«ro; ."(. Jf.rch' *■* ,n TT„r the Intro.t at 10 o'clock EtegJ-- sung the Kussian co«*5 iftlS departed: rest 0 sikion of / ue T hv servants, with Do **»., The service will be Lesley &t At th« offertory, Sir Edward ■*. <. F othe Fallen" wil be sun2, beginning: "W'tn «*"4u »k«aving, a mother for her J./' bs £ mourns her dead The Benedicts and ««**?, Dei will be from Garret, ifco Agnus JJe< . ft . ( „ T ,, 6 i v , ng I**T Hnrafe the collection of the fKk dU Sh\ for the Victory •*tfsd£ol; 53 3 ("They "Whose JSt SSi « o'er ; '), at the con»R%hos e who have «e„t in tlgr will communicate. 2J.2 ( ien ** .j Times Ten Thousand' ) «HI the blessing. The conJSJt&T will be Harwood's preacher. The JJJrice should take an hour and «f^Post S 'Office clock strikes the ifiWhouf the day, special ingS will be offered by the at«S'SS there will be a service ■i?«aa The Rev. l'\ Dunnage, ■ Kffijiin/ will givo the address, jfltf a service for young peope :i'Un arranged, when the Ttev. A. *ffS& will talk to the*, asHftn tbe Dean, supported by a s 'Jl'-tf rSnlnins. will receive the two '^tffithe parade service at the SSiSdtte" them placing them SSSSfo*? **»»*>, arranged at 5 «X nf the Cathedral. th rt «»«« *™ * r g .■A.foildoir,- the service hem<j Gar±F Kwtbems w.ll be: "Bethou Heath" and "Happy and gJS. (Mendelssohn). The hynm SlTtom"How bright those glowf&ine." Throughoutthe KtL&tera of the Sacred Name Site'in attends'nee at the GataS e> ;irherc continuous intercession ,j[.^, jnalntained.

MBMOBIAL SERVICE IN THE f7 BARRACKS.

procession is timed to Edward barracks at 2.10 ]&• lifter which time no seats will ,l»r&nred. , •''' ;l jtftbe Memorial Service in the BarncE'the ceremony will be opened the smguig ui bhe National Antbad (arranged i>y fair iildward Jugar) ta" the lUyal Uinstcnurch Musical douety, Maaamc bower Burns (soloid), Uopni's "Marthe Funebre" will th«n be played bj the (Jhristcburch f Professional 'Miniums' Orchestra, under the coaductorsnip of Mr Albert Bidtood.->.-;CoVrael R. ■ Young, v;Ji ; ,.. Om. v V&os"tbe chairman, ; will nddresstne ittnermg, and an address mil be gmtftffthft itev. W,.Walker, OF., president <&the Christchurch Returned Soldiers' Association, other 1 ministers taking 'partein the service .nil be the Revs, Jivß; Young, W. V-dy, F. Dunnage, arid S. chapjjns to the' forces, f--"Madame Gower > Srns will ging the arm, "I Know that V Redeemer and-the Royal ffistchurch Musical "Society (under It conductorsmp of Mr Sydney But•fiwul sing the chorus, "O Gladsome W (buluvan). The hymns will, in- , ||b "0 Valiant Hearts,'' "The Name--1 Graves," and "God of Oiir fibers." The service will conclude m the Benediction and the singing {jho National Anthem. of falleu soldiers (with reBed seats) are to enter the barracks m> Caahet street entrance, nearest 'fjbridge The general public will be ■fitted, through that entrance ■ after j. w p.m. Jejresentatives of public bodies (with M»nunes for reserved seats) will be .•pitted at the centre door in Cashel JReV(new entrance). Returned sol,r and veterans will enter " dooi also. i Hratorials on parade will enter the Wajtylthrough, the Montreal street ■ft**' n ?sl?iP l (pb«**ra and members of the Wuflusieal Society will enter at the centie door at 2 p'.Bi.; wambeh of the Veterans' Association ™yp«ade in mufti, but wearing decoWf&t at the south-east corner of WWsquare, at 2 o'clock. Jfty a- limited number of tickets for ™j«ed seats for relatives of fallen S«W remain, and application for be made immediately to TOfctary, E.S.A.; ChrisMufch.i It MHJopated that between forty and WWaths will be left at the Jelhcoe and to-morrow morning, "JBptnrned soldiers who are willing to Jig "wreath-bearers in the procession jßwed to report at the Jellicoe Hall 3*p p.m to-morrow. § w Day will be appropriately comated in Akaroa, tho main feature _. ' united memorial service, to be 'mt tl S L oddfello <vs' Hall in the SsPS'-The Mayor will preside, and SsMni* will be conducted by the ' JE&3&*> "■• Julius (Anglican) and J. ipfwyward (Piesbytenan).

rSP S C( >LLEGE MEMORIAL s§s~ SERVICE. ■•

faff-!!*** 5 a very large congregation College Anzac memorial #P . in the Cathedral yesterday. lp a^!M 6 Was °° nd ncted by the Rev. a& £ ' h(jad nias.ter of Christ's Colffi J™"*-School, the lesson was ' orge Har Per. sub-warden *&, a£*' * nd the V«ulbm was ' fajhfcT . ■ Tho hymns sung dur*TWßl T* 06 - were "Alleluia! The Jjlll 1 °. er » the battle done," "For "**£ who from their labours token up for the Russian jh TjS"t 'ond. r 9fr-*£l' 8^& \ e took M **» texfc ° f ■KiSrc 26: " what rSSS?, thi4 Mrvi ce?" The refer- ' S'SSffi'A "t* 0 annual «»m- ---' S-^mton^ Je r V l. s , h Passover feast Of the Jews from I iPP*?,«i^,iL 0m WPJ*'" minds. ! m»hol«^ mo amongst us already £2? tfMHTfcT Was a name, and ' "cognise the meaning ; mSSfr le Da y- 'A»»e Day omnwmorate those «3ftlmt Sm * who fell d uring 'W^^SgßsJ^*. 6 me an by Anzac

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country a great holy day, and it was doubtful whether we* knew what to do with it. The preacher had been asked why there was no commemoration day for those who, fell at "Waterloo, in the Crimea, or Transvaal, while there was one for those who fell at Anzac. In this fact could be divined a great meaning. It indicated a growing consciousness that war was contrary to Christianity—that war was hell. In previous ages Christianity and war had walked arm in arm. Even Luther had said that peace was a dream, and not a very beautiful one, and that war was an essential in God's scheme for the world. As with war, so with slavery. John Newton, author of the hymn. "How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds," had engaged in the slave traffic. All that had been chanced. Men saw that slavery was wrong, and slavery went. Was this one of the days in which we aaw that war was not only terrible but wrong and incompatible with Christianity? Did we realise that in some way we ourselves were responsible for the death of these men by our civilisation? If the men who died had made the world see that war was wrong, then truly might we sav: "Thanks be to God for his unspeakable eift." But we could not stoi> there. It wn3 one thing to say that war might be done away with. It was another to consider how this could be brought a The peoples of Europe, instead of living as a brotherhood, had lived in an atmosphere of rivalry and suspicion. In this fact was tlie cause of war. Commerce was killing famine; science was removing pestilence. There remained war, the third great enemy of man. Not science nor commerce nor hoth together could kill war. Religion alone could accomplish this. Anzac Dav had two meanings: It was a day of solemn thanksgiving ami confession, and it was a day of challenge. We talked of memorials to our soldiers, but what memorial in stone or in gold could be adequate? They died that somehow or other the world might be a. better place. They placed us on the threshold of a new era. We must go in and possess the land. The war had been proclaimed as the opportunity of the young man. but now we were busy reappointing the old men. As in pre-war days, the last state promised to be worse than the first. Those who had passed beyond had left us a definite task, and wo must do it. The preacher concluded by quoting from Lincoln's Gettysburg oration: "ft is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to. the unfinished work that they have thus far so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be dedicated to the great task remaining ■before us— from these honoured dead we take increased devotion to the cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain." To this all would sav "Amen."

YESTERDAY'S SERVICES

In the Durham street Methodist Church last evening a memorial service in connexion with .Anzac I>ny was conducted by the Rev. W. Ready before a congregation that completely filled the church. He spoke on the words "I will reinemW the days of old," and portrayed briefly the red-letter days of the great war, aild especially referred to the landing and fighting on Gallipoli on April 25th, 1915, and the days following, and the remarkable evacuation of the eame place with so little loss of life. During the service Mrs Gordon Leitchfield sang "The Soul's Awakening," and Piipakurn., the Maori tenor, sang "The Lord is My Light." During the service Mr Ready read the names of the twenty-six men of the church who had made the supreme sacrifice in the war. Sister Edith had decorated the pulpit' with the Union Jack, the New Zealand flag, and the French flag, and with beautiful white 'flowers and autumn leaves, which gave a very fine effect. The service! after the Benediction, was concluded by the National Anthem. A united Anzac service will be held in the Durham'street Church to-morrow evening, under the auspices of the Monsters' Association of Christchurch, various ministers ''taking part. Anzac Sunday was celebrated yesterday at the Methodist Church, New Brighton by the unveiling of a roll of honour to the memory of those from the district who had fought in the great war and of those who had made the supreme sacrifice. The church was well filled. . The service was conducted by the Rev. W. Walker*, who is president of the Returned Soldiers' Association, while addresses were given by the Mayor, Mr J. Gamble, Colonel B. Young, 0.0. Southern Command, Messrs J. .A. Fkeher and F. Kibblewhite, ex-Mayors of the., borough. The roll of honour, whidh was unveiled by the Mayor, contained the names-of 186 soldiers, 35 of whom had died. During the. servico Miss M. Sprott sang as a solo "The Hymn of Peace.'' Amongst those present were Captain K. Muirson, M.C., Lieutenant A. P. Hopkins, Lieutenant R. Tabley, Lieutenant L. Ward, members of the Borough Council, the local iSenior Cadet Companies, 75 strong, the Fire Brigadej and the Municipal Band, 25 strong, under Conductor Nuttall. The service concluded with the National Anthem. After the service tlhe Cadet Company, with its hand, marched past in column of route, Colonel Young taking the salute. THE LANDING.

SIR lAN HAMILTON ON GALLIPOLI.

Some interesting reflections on, the landing appear in Sir lan Hamilton's racy interview of the "Story of Anzac" (Volume I. of the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18) by Capt. C. E. W. Bean, which appeared recently in'the "Manchester Guardian."

tfir ian Hamilton writes: —"In Egypt we seem to see again the Sphinx, fixing her stone stare upon the last and greatest of all the marvels, the Diggers being trained to go to war. On the 25th, when we hear the keels grate upon Uallipoli beach, and see the sparks ny from me pebbles as the wnizzing buiJets rain, see tne midsmpinites witu big revolvers steering tneir cargoes of valorous life into tne jaws 01 glory —why, tnen weieelAnzacbasshdimo the very heart of history and that tne Antipodes —there on the land which craaied tne romance of war—are about to give birth to twin nations destined to hold their own with the greatest and proudest that ever were. . . . We are struck all of a heap at the fatality which arrange ed that the three best Turkish battalions of the 10th Division should be standing on parade at 5.30 a.m. on the morning of the landing, in their camp 'hard by at Boghali, ready to march off for a field-day on the very ground over which they were at once sent to attack the Australian covering party! There, dear old Providence, \ou were coming it over us surely a bit thick? "What does' it all pan out at--tbis landing? Perhaps Mr Bean is right in thinking I suffer from an optimism which is "inherent in the British character." Anyway, after studying flere in detail the magnificent achievement of the Anzacs, as well as the full Turkish side of th« story, I put our chances of success higher than ever I did before. i Mr-Bean thinks we needed 150,000 men ' instead of the 70.000 actually on the spot. I s.iy, emphatically, no! Speaking with this new evidence before me, I sav (and I think Duntroon will support me) that had we been, given the Gurkha

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brigade asked for as an escort to the two Indian mountain batteries and the East Lancashire Division, wno were idle, wasted, straining at the leash in Egypt—we'd havo done it—right there. Mr Bean calculates entirely in rifles. The ghastly error by which the two guns of the 4th Australian Battery were sent back to their ships after being landed was not because they could not be got into position, and not, as has been said, the mistake of a staff officer. It was in consequence of a well-consid-ered order which kept tho other guns also safe aboard ship, it was the last flicker of an exploded idea that guns aro too precious to be risked where lives are oeing risked by the thousand. All through the Dardanelles campaign guns and ammunition were too precious, whilst trench mortars were practically non-existent. They ought to have been as common as dirt. ' Trench mortars, hand grenades, periscopes and entrenching.'tools were urgent/y asked for the 22nd March directly the Commander-in-Chief saw the lie of the land. Trench mortars are simple weapons and each battalion of the Anzac Division could have been equipped with a couple of them by the date of landing. A study of the small detail of the Eight Days battle, now possible for the first time, will shpw how perfectly these weapons would have fitted the situation. In the days of. the old Duke of Cambridge and the' Battle of the Alma I think there is very little doubt thev would have been sent. It was not in man-power we could most easily outfight a great if decaying empire on the threshold of its capital. During the fateful year 1915 our munitions, our engines, our trench mortars began to be turned out in everincreasing numbers while the Turks in those respects were on the down grade. But Gallipoli,did not reap the benefit. The points only needs to be put. There was the Dardanelles; the one great strategical asset of the amphibious British Empire; there it was, thrown away, absolutely chucked away, in the meaningless tactics of NeuveChapelle. . . ."