WEAR THE ARMLET

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2729, 25 March 1916, Page 6

WEAR THE ARMLET

PRIME MINISTER MAKES A RE- , QUEST. t -It.is common knowledge that many weaWn r | e th ft ret T ed B , oWi f s are llot wearing the red armlet badges issued to them under the recruit?"jfi thTjr aT ? a variation of niL 3 S °~iT p y a crown a neat red background made in some ' « of the red armlet issued. The Prime Minister makes a request that soldiers, who We returned to civilian life ' shall wear their armlet badges. soldiers who have been honKF™ TV rged f £ om tho New ZeaJand Jiypeditionary Force to make a point of wearing the distinctive arm ■W S ® • BS ?i sald Mr-Massey. "The badge is the same as that worn by their .comrades who have been in arms throughout the British Empire. For the time being it. takes the place of the medals which it will be thei privilege to wear at the end of the war. Ke jeanng of the badge is, I suggest a duty ttejv owe to, their brother soldiers m the the armlets eloquent ' ? llglb j°, unencumbered men in the Dominion of the urgent duty ° elr b - ro^ l . er New/Zealand+ree"?Y r, al ' <m S at the front ISb . the W ° rk 80 hOMUr V .One objection to the general wearing of^ badges substituted for the\'Govern, mmVarmlets >s that thero is no guar, nntee possible' of the bona fides of the wearers. Tho - man' wfto wears a Governmeait badges-hen he i s not entitled so.-to do is liable to penalties, but no such penalties attach.to the/wearing of procure wear t:i ' 6ln - ons ?n e a t Ho™*5 y of recruitwas triS n •! tlle Bcrh y • as .tned, was, it was stated the Sorfe ? f badges issued by all sorts of - organisations. Anybody n fl, n l ffet on& of these badges in the. regular, way, could, get one w a SS W f ,V ' % resu H was that tbe , m an e &s,y refuge. Undei the Derby scheme all these unauthorised badges were disregarded and t'wt™ 0 !, "sued 'identieal flitli those .in-use here now. For some timn there has been delay in tie issue of kbala armlets to enlisted- men in WdI'ffi", but: armlets are now available 7 and are being issued. .:. v.; aDI0 '