MEN FOR SOUTH AFRICA.
TO TJIK ISBtTOU. Sir,—Why should wo not soud every man who presents himself for enrolment and is lit to the Transvaal? This restriction (o 150 will prevent many: men well qualified, and they will go back to their homes disappointed and disgusted. The system of dribbling men in small contingents is of no Had General* Buller to-day 1000 of our horsemen lie could make good use of them: the Boer fanner is not a whit better than our country-bred men, who liave been in the saddle all their liven, and familiar with the gun. This war is not to be finished, it may be, for months yet, and tho trouble will be shortly to get men when they are wanted. Therefore, I think wo should tako advantage of the flowing tide, and refuse no man who is physically sound, whether married or single.-—I am, etc., Dunedin, February 1* "oot.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11658, 15 February 1900, Page 6
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153MEN FOR SOUTH AFRICA. Otago Daily Times, Issue 11658, 15 February 1900, Page 6
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