HONORING THE DEAD

Evening Star, Issue 17336, 26 April 1920, Page 3

HONORING THE DEAD

AT THE C.T.’S CLUBROLL OF HONOR UNVEILED. The unveiling ceremony of a, roll of honor at the Commercial Travellers’ and Warehousemen's Association’s Club on Satj vrday afternoon showed that this associa- ' f’on supplied a large number of men for ! the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and j that many made the supreme sacrifice. ! The ceremony took place in the presence of j a large_ attendance of members, friends, I and ladies. Mr S. T. Mirams (vice-presi-dent) was in the chair in the absence of Mr D. MTherson (president). As it was known Mr M‘Pher?on would be away, the duties of chairman had fallen on Mr F. W, Mitchell, the past president, but Mr Mitchell had contracted influenza. The honor board, which is of handsome design, is inscribed with the- names of 50 members of the association who answered the call to the colors. The chairman expressed regret at the absence of their chief, Mr MTherson, who had forwarded a telegram expressing his inability to be present owing to illness and wishing the function every success. His first duty was to tender a most sincere and cordial welcome to the returned members of the association whom they were delightly to have safe.lv back once more. Ho thought they would agree with him that every man who donned the King’s uniform, knowing the risks he ran, was a true hero in every sense of the word! It was their privilege’ and their pleasure j to commemorate the great sacrifice of those who fell by unveiling the roll of honor as an everlasting memento of their gallant deeos. Iney who remained l>e--1 hind considered they worked hard for I patriotic purposes—no doubt they did j work hard—but they had comfortable j homes to go to. Those soldiers of theirs, ! as the Bishop of Lincoln hud said, ac’I customed to elegancies and comforts of life, cheerfully put up with the hardships I and discomforts of soldier life. The I crowded transports, the heat of the Egypt- | inn deserts, the shocking conditions* of i Gallipoli, the mud and rain-sodden battlefields of Flanders and Northern France, could only have been endured bv men with indomitable pluck, and that quality their men possessed. Their presence, alonb with_ their gallant soldiers of the British Empire and their brave Allies saved this country from the horrors of invasion, and in common with everv other British Dominion, they owed their prosperity to their gallant deeds. They sincerely mourned with those who had lost theirToved ones and truly rejoiced with those who had received their menfolk safely back again. He had great pleasure in unveiling the roll of honor, which would be placed in a prominent position in tho vestibule of the building where everyone entering could eee it. In unveiling the roll Mr Mirams said : “ I do so in memory of the gallant dead and in honor of the gallant living.” During the afternoon Mr Gilchrist sang ‘ Grossing tho Bar,’ and the choir ‘ The Long Day Closes.’ Tho ‘Last Post’ was sounded by Buglers Wallace and Morice. Afternoon tea was handed round and visitors were shown over the building.