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Free Lance, Volume XVII, Issue 915, 25 January 1918, Page 5

Major Matheson. officer in charge of the Somes Island internment camp, was formerly on the teaching staff of Wellington Boys' College, and a very popular master he was, albeit a strict disciplinarian. The military instinct must be strong in the family, for the Major's three sons have all had a bent for manly and martial exercises, and everyone enlisted as soon as he was able. Donald, the eldest, whose picture appears elsewhere, was champion rifle shot of the South Wellington Public School when only 13 years of age. He is now one of the crack shots of the 6th Reinforcements, and has

also been representing his battalion in football matches at the Front. Norman, the second son (20 years of age) is now in the 3oth Reinforcements, having been put back through an injury received in a. football match. William, the youngest, enlisted in the 29th Reinforcements though only 18 years of age. * * * * Sir Rosslyn Erskine AVemyss, the new First Sea Lord, is known as "one of the kmits of the Navy," a title which refers solely to the immaculateness of his attire. The acme of sartorial perfection, he eyes the world blandly through his monocle. Captain Wemyss (as he was then) visited these remote parts as one of the Duke of York's (now King George) entourage.