THE GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1408, 8 April 1912, Page 4

THE GENERAL.

A TALK TO SOLDIERS. ißy Tclecrapli-rrcus Association.! Christchurch, April "■ General Godley vi.-uuil till- 'Jerrntirml camps ;it iiangio'ra, .Marshland, and J-'' ll '- pieiun yesterday. Speaking tu uie men at Tcmple'.on, Die CieiiiTiii reminded mem thiii lhey were tin! iirat jiilantry regimen, iiik only <il UK! Caiilorijiiry uislrici, lull "1 the iwiuinion, ami theietorc it hclioved liiein u nniKo themselves the lir-t in reality as well us in name. From what lu' :'a»'i ho had no nuiilit that they iiu.-j.-e.-sod the material to do it, us well as the goodwill. Ho hoped that they all leaned that, by the wjrk winch they were doing, tlu\v noli; lilting tlicin-i'lvis, not ouly ( lor thu defence ot ihcir country, New /calaiul, Inn also lor the defence of the J-.in-pire in case ot need. . Neither lie nor they wanted to light, but it was their duty to lit themselves to do so it ncccssary, and thus render the Dominion sale from foreign invasion. The Hon. 0. W. Russell also addressed the men. Ho slated that ho was convinced of. the necessity for universal training, and what ho had seen of the camp continued his opinion that it was a grand thing for the country. Ho would be only too glad, as far as in him lay, to do all'in his power to persuade the tiovernnieiit (within the limits of due economy) to make the men as happy and comfortable in cnnip as possible. The Hon. IT. 0. Ell said that in camp they would make friendships which would not be possible ill civilian life, and would develop such a spirit of camaraderie and esprit lie corps as would remain a pleasant memory, to them all their lives.