THE NEED FOR MORE MEN

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2564, 11 September 1915, Page 6

THE NEED FOR MORE MEN

COLONEL CAMERON'S APPEAL

KITCHENER'S MESSAGE

•' ENLIST"

Colonel 0. St. C. Cameron, of Tasmania, Assistant Adjutant-General to the Imperial Headquarters Staff and adviser to General Sir William Birdwood, is a passenger in R.M.S. Arabia, which arrived at Frcmantle from London on August 27. Colonel Cameron landed at Anzao on the famous morning of April 25 with the Third Brigade, and remained ashore until June 15, when he was invalided to England. After visiting the War Office, and tiling a report, he joined the Arabia for Tasmania, whero he hopes to start a campaign with the view of impressing Australia with the seriousness of tlio Empire's position. Colonel Cameron said his great desire was to let the people of tlie Commonwealth know Low real was the necessity for more and more men. "Blood and 1)0 no and iron alone -can win the present struggle," he said, "and although Australia has answered nobly to the call, we must double our efforts. As yet wo are only at tho beginning of a great strugglo for national existence, and the Turks must be wiped out before we can hope for any successes that will lead to the final victory. I would like to see Australia get another 100,000 ready by the following June. Tho position is acute,, and only one who lias had actual knowledge'.of what is going on can gauge its seriousness. At present the Australian troops hold the key to tho conquest of Turkey. 'In my opinion, Anzac is vital to .THirkish existence, but a passage must bo forced through tho Narrows before the position will be,- secure. That means more men to break up tho advance lines. Australia has the men; let lis all got in and get ill© business over. Tho keeping up of the numbers now in action is not sufficient; we must double thoso numbers. Some of the men who landed with me got miles inland, and probably they would never have stopped until they were-at the Dardanelles side had they bad tho men behind them to consolidate the land they had won. When the_ next big move is mad© it must bo with the largest available force. The more men tho quicker will bo the end; I cannot urge upon the people of Australia too much the big responsibility that is-upon them. Tho day is gone for playing at the game. Every available man must get into training, for all will •be needed. They- must learn to shoot, to obey and to dig—the last essential being almost as important as. ™e other two. - Regiments which can dig best are the best fighters, and to your volunteer cliibs who are trainnig for any emergency I would say, Learn to dig and to throw bombs, for both are as important as company or platoon drill. My message to the men of Australia from Lord .Kitchener is simply Enlist."