THE ROLL OF HONOUR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15932, 1 June 1915, Page 8

THE ROLL OF HONOUR.

THREE MORE DEATHS.

FIFTEEN MEN WOUNDED.

TWO DANGEROUSLY ILL.

The Government lias received the following casualty list, containing the names of three men who have died of wounds, two who are dangerously ill, and fifteen wounded .— DIED OF WOUNDS. T Marshall, Auckland Mounted. E.inry Bottle, ."'anterbury Infantry. B E. Somerset, Wellington Infantry. DANGEROUSLY ILL. W. M. Hislop, v<-ago Infantry. J. L. Saunders (Captain), Otago Infantry. WOUNDED. K. W. Allom, Auckland Infantry. H. R. Blake, Auckland Mounted. J. Clarke, Canterbury Mounted. John Fannin, Auckland Infantry. A. Grey, Wellington Infantry. H. O. Jones, Auckland Mounted. M. Joseph, Canterbury Infantry. A. Norman, Auckland Mounted. William Palmer, Auckland Mounted. S. Paterson, Fijld Engineers. Leslie Gordon Richards, Ambulance. J. L. S. Richardson (Sergt.), Wellington Mounted. N. S. Swinard (Sergt.), Otago Infantry. T. R. Thomson, Auckland Mounted. Wm. Robert Towns, Otago Infantry.

SOLDIERS' LETTERS.

COURAGE OF THE TROOPS.

A CHAPLAIN'S TRIBUTE.

Letters from the front, continue to furnish some of the most interesting matter relative to the war. The principal note 6truck in the majoiity of the communications ii the eteady courage of the men under all circumstances.

The Rev. John Maclcod, who is repre senting the Free Church at the front, and has been frequently under fire, having had one or two narrow escapes, writes to The Instructor for April concerning the engagement at Ncuvo Chapelle. In the course of his letter ho says:—

" What a stirring and luminous account a ready pen could give- of the events of these days! Scotsmen, English, Irishmen, and Indians were standing and lying side by side to fight tho foe. As a Highlander went out under dreadful fire and gave a drink to a wounded Indian he gave him his cookery—(his knife.) Nothing could be more eloquent of his appreciation. The other Indians cheered. A bravo Rossshire boy was shot dead as he went out to assist a wounded comrade. Time would fail to tell of their gallant deeds. Somo of them will yet live in story. As we, wore burying two who had fallen together, the sheik were whistling through the air and scattering their destructive contents everywhere; the men would insist on my looking for cover, but they had no thought about thrir own safety. Without a thought about themselves they do their duty to tho dying and the dead. How often I am moved to admiration by their conduct. Many a man met a soldier's death about Neuve Chapelle; and the Highland regimerts have proved that they are not unworhy of their past." SAVED BY A MIRROR. ' One of the members of the 9th Royal Scots has reason to bo thankful that a small mirror he carried in one of his pockets was made of unbreakable material. Writing to a friend in Edinburgh, he says :— "We had an exciting time entering tho tranches on Sunday night, the 21st. For 200 yds before entering we were under fire, and very hot, too. When close to the trench I had a miraculous escape. Mother sent me a metal mirror, which I received that Sunday morning, and it was this that stopped a German bullet. I was I hit on the left breast, the bullet lodging itself in the mirror, which was in my left pocket."

A CREDIT TO SCOTLAND. Neuvo Chapello still provides the bulk of the subject matter of letters from soldiers at the front. From all accounts tho Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) acquitted themselves in a manner that redoLisds to the credit of Scotland. Lord Provost Dnnlop, Glasgow, received a letter from Major-General G. Egerton, C.8., commanding the Lowland Division, in which he slated :—" I think it would interest you and others to read the following extract from the letter 01 a Staff officer of the Scottish Rifles Brigade regarding the conduct of the 2nd Battalion Scottish Rifles at tho battle of Neuve Chapello. He says: — " 'The 2nd Scottish Rifles were beyond praise; after all their officers and sergeants had been shot down, they still went on like a pack of hounds.' " It was my honour and privilege to have this battalion under my command a little over tw.o years ago at Malta, and I never doubted for a moment what they would do if it came to fighting."

OFFICER CENSURES STRIKERS. A British staff officer, serving m France, writes :—

" Wo shoi.ld get on better if those West Coast strikers could be taught a lesson. i never thought to feel ashamed to own that I was bred on the West Coast till I read about those strikes. For 2d an hour! and their own kith and kin fighting out here like heroes, and thousands of lives lost because tho munitions of war don't come out quick enough. It is too awful to contemplate, and is the only thing that has shaken my confidence since the war began. lint fortunately if one must be ashamed for one thing, one has good reason to he proud for another, lor our Lowland regiments have proved themselves the toughest fighters in the whole army, and from the numbers of Glengarrys, Regulars and Torritorials, one sees out here you would think that Scotland was by far the bigger half of Great Bri. tajji."