EMPIRE SERVICE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23060, 10 June 1938, Page 12

EMPIRE SERVICE

YACHTSMEN'S [VALUE HELP IN TIME OF WAR PROPER USE OF SKILLED MEN LORD GALWAY'S SUGGESTION A recommendation to yachtsmen that they could do no better tkap acquire the greatest possible proficiency in their sport, so that in time of national need their expert knowledge could immediately be applied, was made last night by the Governor-General, Viscount Galway, when speaking to members of the Royal New Zealand Yacht. Squadron at their annual prize night in the club's rooms. The next war, if ever that great misfortune occurred, said Lord Galway, would be a war of skilled men, and he felt that the yachtipc movement should bo very closely associated with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve so that everybody in it could acquire even more expert knowledge than they already had. Lord Galway said he often felt that the greatest Governor-General New Zealand had known was Viscount Jellicoe apd that New Zealanders should never forget the guiding spirit of his life, which was service. . . "We should keep going that spirit, said Lord Galway. "It should never be forgotten, and it seems to me that in this great yachting community ot Auckland we should try to remember that if a call for service were made we should be ready to put our expert ability where it could best be fitted. I cannot forget that in the last war many skilled' men fought in the trenches when they might have been better used elsewhere, and so if ever another war should come to us the •greater our power will be if we cati (put our experts into the correct .position immediately after mobilisation, i Since he had been in New Zealand, said Lord Galway/ in another part of his speech, he had always hoped and had always meant —but his intention had never yet beep realised to take part in the squadron's regatta. However, he hoped in another year s time to be more fortunate and to be able to take a more personal interest in what was a magnificent sport. It had always givep. him great pleasure, he said, to see the enormous number of persons interested in it, for _it developed the very best qualities} of sportsmanship.