TRIBUTES TO "ANZACS"

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3124, 30 June 1917, Page 10

TRIBUTES TO "ANZACS"

LETTERS FROM ADMIRAL .IELLJCOt) AND UKNERAL iiIKDWOOU

Anticipating Anzac Day jn Wellington, Mr. Joseph Lewis, secretary of the W ellin°fon Patriotic Society, wroto to Admiral Sir John .Tellicoe and General Birdwood, informing them ol the intention to commoraorato Anzac Day (April 25) in a befitting' manner. In reply to his letters, Mr. Lewis has Tcceivtd letters from both distinguished . officer* which explain .themselves. Admiral Jellicoe's letter α-eads as folWe:"Dear Sir.-t am desired by Admiral Sir John Jellicoe to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of Jh«h 8 which, owiii" to soma unknown delay, wu, not r ceived till May 5, otherwise i would have Riven him much pleasure to havo ™t a message to the returned 'Anacs . in tho Dominion of Mv Zealand on -Vnril 23, the second anniversary of the Gallipoli Peninsula, where heh and heroiem earned nndyin" fame, and added a frest; Pj'se to the Morions history of the British Em-!Ph-0.-Y<™« "Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord.' The letter from General Birdwood is as follows:—

"Ist Anznc Corps. "JiVaiice, Jiay 5, 1917. "Deiu- Mr. Lewis,—l would most gladly'havo sent you a messngo on Anzac Day but unfortunately your letter ot Jlarcli 8 has been received, by me only to-tlay, which hue, of course, made- it nuito impossible for me to do 60. J. iim all tko more sorry ior tins as i should indeed liavo been glad to fiend a message to my old comrades, whom you ivovo entertaining at dinner on that day, for I am never likely to forgot tho magnificent work done by tho Now Zealanders on the Peninsula, where we lormed, if I may say so, « bond ol nflcchoii which I i'eel unites us all (ogether. it you, will kindly express my thanks to your society for having thought of askin" me to eeml a message of Li-cctings I Anil b? fcTfttcW. With land regards, your, sincerely, (w^B|RmvOoJ)) ,