THE RED JERSEY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 9953, 24 April 1918, Page 4

THE RED JERSEY

Among the many appeals to the patriotic publio there is none better than the appeal of the Red Jersey. And that is saying a great deal for the same unpretending hut conspicuous uniform. Why is it conspicuous? It is conspicuous si,mply because it is always doing good. It arrived in this country some years ago, and men laughed because it set up a big drum. But -when they realised what that big drum, stood for, they laughed no more. When in due course the great chief of all the Jerseys came out to speak for them, we had all ceased to criticise their army organisation.. We had got to respeot highly their workers, and their works. Therefore, we listened to their great chief —quite the most remarkable man of his day—as he poured out his streams of rugged, earnest eloquence, in an original new version of, "Thus saith the Lord. ' The world found them convincing, and, therefore, the 'Jerseys prospered, reaping great harvests for the benefit of their fellownicn and women. That is why the Jerseys became conspicuous and refmained conspicuous. The great war cam© like a clap of thunder reverberating through all the countries of the world, devastating many of them, spreading death,'" wounds, "trouble of all kinds. And in every place where the war was spreading death and wounds and trouble, the Jerseys were as conspicuous as they' had made themselves in the days of peace which saw rise of their wonderful organisation under their extraordinary chief. The fighting man knows them. He is at home in their huts; he is welcome to their stores; he is picked up tenderly if he falls; he is fed bountifully when he reels out of . the fight exhausted. And ever in battle and bivouac, in storm and sun, in summer calm, in winter, and rough weather, the Red Jersey is -conspicuous working i for other 'people.'' It is appealing now, tor help to keep, on being conspicuous m this way. It will' not appeal in vain to a people grateful for the practical kindness, cheerfully and systematically given to the flower of it s man-hood,-fighting for the great cause, r