RECRUITING-A PROTEST

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 146, 22 June 1915, Page 4

RECRUITING-A PROTEST

10 THE EDITOB. Sir,— l was very glad to read in the Evening Post of 17th June a letter from "A Recruit on the Waiting List." In my opinion it is wrong to tell men anxious to get to the front to have patience and wait their call for training. I would strongly advise all patriotic men anxious to serve to make their own way either, to Australia, England, France, Belgium, or Italy, and join their respective armies. By doing so they will bo serving their country just as much as if they wont with the New Zealand Reinforcements, and they will be gladly welcomed. What is wanted to end the war quickly is men in overwhelming numbers to break the enemy, and the quicker the men get into training the sooner will our end be accomplished. I would also advise men who have been rejected for some slight defect to also make their own way to the same armies. There will be heaps of opportunities for them to help in some way, even if they do not get into the firing line. Unfortunately, I am myself too old and physically unable, otherwise I should have taken my own advice and gone Home to help.— l am, etc., G. Wellington, 18th June.