HONOLULU VOLUNTEERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15916, 13 May 1915, Page 9

HONOLULU VOLUNTEERS.

TRAVEL. FAR TO ENLIST.

Eleven stalwart men, with tanned faces and wiry frames, have arrived in London from Honolulu to join the King's newarmies. All of them held responsible positions on sugar plantations, the majority being overseers. They left Honolulu on February 4, reaching England recently. They received a hearty welcome at their London home, the Overseas Club.

The party which left Honolulu numbered 14, but only 11 reached London, three having joined a regiment before reaching England. Of the 11, four went north to join the Seaforth Highlander?, two went into the provinces to enlist in the Highland Division of the Royal Engineers, and one Welshmanwent westward to serve in a Welsh regiment. The remaining four, all Scotsmen, went to the London Scottish Headquarters to join that famous territorial regiment. Three were enrolled, but the fourth, Mr. Frank Brolan, did not pass the medical test, and is probably the most disappointed man in London to-day. A man of fine physique, weighing about lost, looking the picture of health, Mr. Brolan was passed by two 'doctors before leaving Honolulu. Feeling fit and looking fit. he had travelled about 9000 miles to fight for his country and had been rejected. He is going back to , his sugar plantation. » I All the members of the party paid their own expenses.