SOLDIERS AND PENSIONS
Sir, —Your article of Tuesday, "Soldier's Plight," must have stirred the feelings of thousands. This is a very sad case, well worthy of recognition. Yet how many more such cases must there be? Last week 1 was in Auckland, and called in for a few minutes at the Returned Soldiers' Association's office. The physical condition of the men waiting for work, news of appeals, | etc., made one but pause and think. I also attended a regimental reunion, and talking to old cobbers, was astounded at the nuiTlbers of crocks among them. Men, who on returning homo, appeared quite fit, are now breaking up fast, and have aged prematurely. Your quotation from Kipling will stand repetition: "They burned out half a life's vitality in three or four years." This is very noticeable to one meeting old friends after a number of years. Some were almost unrecognisable through the ravages of sickness and war effects. A more sympathetic system of medical examination for our returned men is urgently required. Other countries are giving us the lead; New Zealand should not lag behind. 13/ Bab.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22142, 22 June 1935, Page 17
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