[PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WORTH FIGHTING FOR.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 123, 23 November 1908, Page 2

[PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WORTH FIGHTING FOR.

AUCKLAND, 21st November. Lieutenant-Colonel Wolfe, Officer Commanding the Auckland District, speaking at a reunion of members of the original volunteer corps, referred to tho pre-eminence of the British Navy, but said the Army had been reduced until, in the opinion of the greatest experts, its weakness was a real danger, though j the nation had a territorial force m J inauguration. He paid a tribute to the deeds of the veterans in New Zealand and the younger men who had fought in | South Africa. Fathers, mothers, anil sisters should make the young men feel j that it was their duty to learn to dofend their country. Personally, he had to obey his superiors and do his best lo make the present volunteer system .i success. There was no question that the material in New Zealand' was the best that could be obtained anywhere. All that was required was that men should have an opportunity of training in tho field. He was confident that while Britain held command of the sea the invasion of New Zealand was impossible, but should the day come when Britain lost that command, then the Empire was finished. So long as wo had an adequate defence force properly equipped we need not fear attack. If this fair Dominion was worth keeping it was worth fighting for.