THE EMPIRE'S CALL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3339, 13 March 1918, Page 38

THE EMPIRE'S CALL.

NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE

GOING INTO CAMP. EARLIER THAN THEY EXPECTED. POSITION OF SECOND DIVISION MEN. A good deal of misconception has arisen among- Second Division reservists regarding the order in which they go into camp. It has been thought by many that thoy are only required to mobilise in the order of ballot in which they wore drawn, but Saturday's Wellington Post states that it is officially explained that, though the Defence Department desires to give full effect to this principle, it cannot in practice be carried out. The only undertaking, indeed, that has been given is that each Second Division reservist will bo given three months' clear notice, after date of medical examination, in which to proceed to camp. This arrangement is being fully observed, and will continue to be so in the future. The position has been accentuated somewhat in regard to class A, Second Division men (married men without children). Owing to the reduction in the reinforcement drafts and a consequent surplus of First Division men becoming available, it was found necessary to postpone the date of the mobilisation of the first draft of the Second Division until the end of May. This draft, which will concentrate at Trentham during the period May 28 to June 1, will be known as the Forty-sfteond Reinforcements. All Second Division men ordered to concentrate before that date have accordingly received notice to parade to go into camp with the 42nd draft. As the men so notified include a considerable number who _were drawn in the second and third ballots "of Class A, Second Division, a certain amount of concern has been caused among those affected. They, not unnaturally, considered that they would be postponed until the 43rd or 44th Reinforcements, or in the order in which they were drawn, and have therefore been asking why it is that thev are required to go into camp with those drawn in the first ballot of their class. The authorities explain that until a draft is full the practice i 3 to post every man who becomes available on medical examination to the particular draft in question, irrespective of the number of the ballot in which he .was drawn—that is, provided the department in the case of Second Division men is able to give three months' clear notice after the date of medical examination. In the «ase of Class A men it has happened, owing to the postponement of the date in which the first draft of the class is required to go into camp, that men drawn in the second and third ballots' have become available for posting to that particular draft —the 42nd Reinforcements. This has been brought about by reason of the fact that men drawn in the earlier ballot or ballots had not previously been disposed of, owing to the lodging of appeals, and failure to attend for medical examination through sickness, etc. In this respect, however, Second Division reservists have been placed in no worse position than those of the First Division. The some procedure through force of circumstances has been adopted with First Division men all along ; they have not complained, and it is not expected that Second Division men, knowing the position, will complain 'either. The 42nd draft mobilising at the end of May was filled 10 days ago, and men now passed as fit are being posted to the 43rd Reinforcements going into camp a month later. It is announced that if it is found in a few weeks' time a surplus is created for the 42nd Reinforcements owing to a larger number of First Division men becoming available than is at present anticipated I —the position is regulated by the number of fits obtained from Cl camp and the extent of medical rejections in Trentham and Featherston —it may be necessary to make a cut in those notified to concentrate for the 42nd draft. If that becomes necessary, first' preference will bo given to those drawn in the third ballot, and ne:;t preference to those drawn in the second. As far as men classed Cl are concerned, the position is somewhat different. This is regulated by the circumstance that there is no limit to the strength of a Cl draft. The result is that men classed Cl aro posted to the next Cl draft going into camp. This, however, is subject to the proviso that no man is sent jnto camp before the first draft of his particular class in the Expeditionary Force Reserve, and. in the case of Second Division .men also, that each man receives three months' clear notice from the date of his medical examination. Thus, with Second Division men no Class A man, whether passed as Fit A or Cl, is required to concentrate before the first draft of his class. Though drawn in the later ballots, they may, however, be required to parade with the first drafts of their " class. The same will apply to B class men and to later classes. OFFICERS FOR THE THIRTY-NINTHS. Officers for the 39th Infantry and Specialists have been allocated as under :—■ A Company: Lieutenants M. R. Stewart, 0.C.. Second Lieutenants D. V. Piper, F. G Jenkins, D. A. Raeburn, J. W. Flood. B Company: Lieutenant R. D. Boyle, 0.C., Second Lieutenants V. R. Bernard, A. I. Leyland, O. H. Worth, J. M. Russell. C Company: Lieutenant M. W. Wanden, 0.C., Second Lieutenants E. R. Fitzsimons, A. F. Thomson, G. I. Parker, H. R. H. Beauchamp. D Company: Major G. H. Ferguson, 0.C.. Second Lieutenants P. A. Wishart, H. W. Reed, C. E. Taylor, L. Hill. Specialist Company: Second Lieutenants J. A. Massam, 0.C., H. S. Herbert. WIVES OF.SOLDIERS. FREE TREATMENT IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS. WELLINGTON, March 8. The Hon. G. W. Russell stated < to-day that it had been under consideration for some time whether free hospital treatment should be given to the wives of soldiei's on active service. He said it had been the rule for some

time to allow the wives of soldiers free admission to tho State maternity homes, and concessions were granted tho wives of sokliere by the Financial Assistance Board. Provision is made for assistance in tho case of serious surgical operations being required. Cabinet has now approved of the proposal that under proper safeguards, of which due notice will be given by the Minister to the various hospital boards, the wives of soldiers on active_ service may "be treated free in public hospitals. SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS. DEPARTMENTAL FRICTION ENDED. WELLINGTON, March 9. For some tffho past friction has existed between the Minister of Defence and the Minister of Public Health in .connection with the care of sick and wounded soldiers. The Cabinet has now decided that the Defence Department must be the dominant authority until a soldier is discharged. This involves control by the Defence Department of all institutions for the treatment of returned sick and wounded soldiers. The Hon. Mr Russell, in a statement to the press, expresses very great regret at the change, which (he emphasises) is not due to any lack of efficiency in the administration of his department. ME WEBB, M.P. WELLINGTON, March 11. Mr Webb, M.P., entered Trentham Camp this afternoon. SOLDIERS SENTENCED. TWO GET TWO YEARS' HARD LABOUR. In Trentham camp orders it is announced that two soldiers, having been convicted by district court-martial of disobeying lawful commands given by their superior officers, have been sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for two years. Their names are as under: — Private C. Gunter, Details (late 38th Reinforcements). Private W. J. Young, Derails (late 38th Reinforcements). Another man found guilty of deserting his Majesty's service when under orders for active service has been sentenced to detention for 90 daye. The sentence in his case, however, has been mitigated, so that if the accused embarks for active service outside New Zealand, then, upon arrival at the final port of disembarkation, the unexpired portion of his sentence (if any) shall be remitted, and his New Zealand records shall be endorsed accordingly. At Featherston camp Private William John Johnston, C Company, 37th, found guilty disobeying, in such a manner as to show a wilful defiance of authority, a lawful command given,,, personally by his superior officer, in the execution of his office; and (2) of disobeying a lawful command given by his superior officer, has been sentenced to undergo 14 days' imprisonment with hard labour. Private Charles Sturroek Rumsey, Featherston Details, found guilty of—(1) deserting his Majesty's service, and (2) of losing by neglect his clothing and military necessities, was sentenced to undergo 56 days' imprisonment with hard labour, and to be placed under stoppages of pay until he has made good the 1 sum of £5 16s 3d for kit deficiencies. The'sentence in his case was commuted to 40 days' detention. CHRISTCHURCH, March 9. Sentences were announced to-day on three reservists tried by court-martial for failing to attend medical examination. Edward Mortimer Munrane is sentenced to two years, John Roberts to 18 months, and Andrew Kennaway Henderson to nine months—in each case with hard labour. Colonel Chaffey explained that the court imposed heavy sentence on Munrano cause he, as a Second Division Reservist, had tried to evade the authorities for 15 months, and had shown an obstinate disposition, refusing to be examined, and being against everything associated with service. Roberts did not refuse to come up when called on, and it was not necessary to assist h.im, and ho had a lighter sentence. Henderson, the well-known newspaper artist, came forward on his own initiative, and did not expound his anti-militarist views in public, although ho had held them for 15 years past, and he received only nine months.

HOME AGAIN. ARRIVAL OF 600 RETURNED SOLDIERS. The Defenco Department advises that a transport has arrived at Wellington, bringing about 600 returned. soldiers. The following is a list of tho Otago and Southland men, the great majority of whom arrived by the north express on the 7th: Captain Duncan M'Fadyen Rae, teacher, Inveroargill. Lieutenant Albeit Robert Cyril Smart, carpenter, Invercargill. Second Lieutenant George Mitchell, clerk, Mosgiel. Second Lieutenant Albert Young, carpenter, Mosgiel. Second Lieutenant John Holmes Hartley, carpenter, Wendonside. Nurse Jessie Munro Mercer, Lhmedin. Second Lieutenant Thomas Ralph Abe.rcrcmbie, bank official, Anderson Bay. Montague Charles K. Angelo, plumb ;r, Dunediu. Albert ArV'f, labourer, Berwick. George Hc-ber' William Austin, Sawyers' Bay. Thomas Kaberry Baines, agent, Dunedin. Temporary Sergeant Hugh Begs, commercial traveller, North-East Valley. S-crgeant "William Oliver Biggar, boilercaker, Croydon. Allan Stewart- Birso, seaman, Frankton. John Blackburn, miner, Edendale. Daniel Bovlea - . groom, Oamaiu. Samuel Braid, ploughman, Wcoclond. Thomas Walter Brandford, salesmian, Invercargill. Thomas Benjamin Buchanan, labourer, Invercargill. Percy Bull, carter, Invercargill. Robert Biirnett, •cbainnian, North-East Valley. Lance-corporal George Caldwell, labourer, Oamaru. John Cameron, labourer, Makarewa. John Cannon, labourer, Makarewa. Temporary Sergeant John Edward Collins, gardener, Anderson Bay. Corporal Henderson Cowie, orchardist, Edendale. Archie Dasler, surfaceman, Tokarahi. Arthur Diack, carpenter, Invercargill. Edmund Diack, coackbuilder. Palmerston. ■William Bcdds, cartel-, Opoho.

C.S.M. Peter Cooper Donnelly, labourer, Invercargill. John Mialcolm Downes, fai-mer, Waitati. Herman Louis Driecoll, farmer, Gore. Charles Dryden, labourer, North-East Valley. Archibald Edgar, grocer, Caversham. Henry Evans, farmer, Invercargill. "William Murray Ferguson, farm hand, Mosgiel. Andrew Pindlay, pottery burner, Kensington. John Patrick Flanagan, farmer, Oreti. Lance-corporal James Flaus, storeman, Invercargill. Frank Noll Fletcher, farm hand, Ruapuke. Lance-sergeant William Ferguson Forrester, law clerk, Dunedin. George Foulston, farm hand, Gore. Corporal Robert John Geary, farmer, Dunedin. Hugh Jeromo Gibbon, muslerer, Waianakarua. Lance-corporal Archibald James Gilchrist, carpenter, Gore. Ernest Preece God-sail, farm labourer, Peebles. Douglas Alexander Gormack, carpenter, Dunedin. Corporal John Murray Graham, farmer, Ngapara. Robert Maynard Gurr,' inspector of plantations, St. Clair. Henry Gill Guthrie, painter, Dunedin. Sergeant,. Alfred Hall, electrician, Maori Hill. Peter Joseph Hanley, grocer, Gore. Patrick Hickey, labourer, Dunedin. Sergeant George Hamel Highley, bootmaker. South Dunedin. William James Smith Hodson, coal miner, Cromwell. Lance-corporal William Hollcbon, traction engine-driver, Maori Hill. Joseph Horan, labourer, North-East Val'ey. David Inder, butcher, Naseby. William Irvine, sawmill hand, Invercargill. Quartermaster-sergeant Henry George Beer Jewell, law clerk, Oamaru. James Augustus Kane, farm hand, Merton. Henry Joseph Keliher, farmer, Clyde. Basil King,' cadet, Mornington. Joseph Francis King, agent, Invercargill. Sergeant Joseph Gustave Lay, farmer, Invercargill. William M'Culloch, painter, Invercargill. Arthur James Sim M'Ewan, clerk. Gore. Lance-corporal Thomas Joseph M'Guigan, settler, Musselburgh. Percy M'Neilage, engineer, Bluff. Donald M'Pherson, labourer, Ardgowan. Hugh Morris Mawdsley, labourer, Edendale. Martin Joseph Meehan, carpenter, Oamaru, John Millar, bush contractor, Outram. D-ayid James Miller, bookseller, Maori Hill. James Edward Morgan, labourer, Balclutha.

Sergeant Frederick Magnus Murray, grocer, Gore. Lance-corporal Robert Alexander Murray, dredge hand, Gore. Henry George Myers, labourer, Dunedin. Alexander Nicholson, farm hand, Heriot. Sergeant Arthur Norton, storeman, InveTcargill. Alexander Owen, miner, Mosgiel. Henry Allan Panting, farmer, .Evansdale. Corporal William Parlane, farmer, Invercargill. . . Howard T. P. Patterson, engme-driver, Invercargill. Lanee-corporal Stuart Ihomaa Percy, farmer, Matakanui. ,;:=•„ ;, James Frank William Poole, cook, NorthEast. Valley. . ,-•■".- ..• Victor James Quelch, ironmonger, Musselburgh. ~ . . Sergeant John Robertson, hghthousekeeper, Otakou. '„/VGeorge Frederick Robinson, Salvation Army officer, Dunedin. .. ,"*,','", Sergeant Edward Cecil Sare, bank clerk, Dunedin. . _, ' Temporary Sergeant Frederick Charles Scrivener, clerk, Roslyn. Frank Shirley, bootmaker, Faryjose. Corporal Duncan Stewart, farmer, MiddleHenry Walter Tudor, range-fitter, Kensington. • •■'•» Thomas Turnbull. blacksmith, Dunedin. Percy Omand Vallange, wool classer, LittleThomas Sutherland Walker, wool sorter, Oamaru. ,-.' .' . m , William John Weavers, machmist, TuataP Sergeant Cecil Warren Webber, law clerk, Robert Welsh, labourer, Seaward Downs. Joseph Wheeler, labourer, Highchff. John Smallden Wood, drainer, Dunedin. In addition to those on the above official list the following also arrived by ■ the train : For Dunedin.—Privates Welsh, Summerfield, Thompson. For Mosgiel.—Private Swallow. For Seaclift— Captain Gray. For Invercargill.—Private Drill. For Gore.—Q.M.S.. Woods. For Drummond. —Private Guise. For Patearoa.—Private Campbell. \.T THE DUNEDIN RAILWAY STAIION. There was a very large crowd at the Dunedin Railway Station to welcome the soldiers. The defence authorities had made arrangements to have portion of the station barricaded off, passes to 'the reserved portion being issued to the relatives and friends of the returning men. The carriages were drawn up opposite the vacant section, the men quickly alighted amidst cheers, and were then taken in motor cars provided by the Motor Club and by the Otago Patriotic Association to their homee. Two or three of the men have come back minus a leg or an arm, and one or two with the loss of an eye. All of them, however, are convalescent, having been inmates of English hospitals for longer or shorter periods, according to the nature of" their injuries. WELCOME TO RETURNED SOLDIERS. The sitting accommodation of the Coronation Hall, Mosgiel, _ was taxed to its utmost on Wednesday, 6th inet., on the occasion of a welcome tendered to returned soldiers. The Mayor of Mosgiel presided, and seats on the stage were occupied, in addition to the returned soldiers, by Mr W. H. L. Christie (chairman Taiori County Council), the members of the Mosgiel Borough Council, local ministers, and other prominent townsmen. The appearance of the men on the stage was the. signal for an outburst of applause, and the singing of the National Anthem. The Rev. D. Calder. Mr Christie, and the Mayor welcomed the returned men in patriotic addresses, and thanking them paid a tribute to those who had fallen. Lieutenant Geo. Swan responded on behalf of the soldiers present. _ He said they were all glad to be back again amongst so many friends. He particularly thanked tho

ladies of the Patriotic Association for their gift parcels, especially the tobacco parcels. These made them feel that they had not been forgotten. One of the best ways to provide comforts for the boys was to support tho Y.M.C.A. movement. Tho Y.M.0.A.. men were to be found everywhere right up to the subsidiary lines, and he could not suggest a better way to get comforts to tho boys. At the call of the chairman three hearty cheers were given for tho returned men. A musical and elocutionary programme of a very acceptable naturo was rendered by Dr Appelby Messrs R. Wardrop, G. Moarns, T. Ritchie, and A. Pacey. Tho last-named played the accompaniments. A special word of praise is due to the ladies who decorated the stage. _ The Taieri Pipe Band lent valuable assistance. A collection taken up in aid of the Taieri Women's Patriotic Association amounted to £9 7s. COMFORTS FOR THE NAVY. AUCKLAND March 11. The Hon. G. W. Russell informed a Navy League deputation that ho proposed to give tho Auckland branch not only power to collect funds, but to distribute them, to assist tho men of the navy in many parts of the world. He suggested that as far as possible the department of Internal Affairs should be used in distributing the funds. JOTTINGS. The members of the Berwick Women's Patriotic Association resumed work for the soldier.) last week. Letters have been received from a number of Berwick boys at the front acknowledging receipt of Christmas parcels. At the monthly meeting of the SeacliiT Patriotic Association speciai donations and £ll2 .'n subscriptions were received. The West Taieri Women's Association has sent in a number of articles made by the members to the Settlers' Hall. CAPTAIN IIINE. Good news of Captain J. B. Hine, M.P., who is serving with the New . Zealand mounted forces attached "to the-army now invading Palestine, and who was very seriously wounded about nine months ago, one of his lungs being penetrated by a bullet. Thanks, however, to a sound constitution and. a favourable climate, he is in a fair way to make a complete recovery. PERSONAL. Lance-corporal Robert Rae, 35 Meadow street, Mornington, died from wounds in France on February 16, aged 32 years. He maintained an interest; in military matters since his school cadet days, and was an efficient, marksman. While- in Masterton he joined the Otago Infantry, Third Reinforcements (Main Body), and served with tho Anzaos until wounded on August 8, 1915. From Gallipoli he returned to- Dunedin by the troopship Tofua. After a few months' spell in Mornington he.again felt well enough to rejoin his brother and mates at the front, and man-aged to get back there with the Tenth Reinforcements, arriving in France. He got through without further trouble or mishap till February! and was one of the few left of the Main Body on active service. Mr and -Mrs Robert Gabites, of Broad Bay, formerly of Dunedin, are in receipt of the following letter from Brigadier-general Braithwaite in regard to the death of their son, Lieutenant Cyril Douglas Gabites: "Although I am a stranger to you, and know full well that no words of mine can be of any comfort to you at this time, yet I would like to tell you how deeply I sympathise and feel for you in your irreparable loss. Tho death of your most gallant son in action at the head of his men is a great loss to this brigade. He fell during the attack which my brigade carried out against the Polderhoek Chateau and grounds at noon on 3rd December. He was in command of the light trench mortars, and they specially distinguished themselves under his leadership. He had quite a distmgrushed career, and no man could have done more than he did in the time. His record is: Joined New Zealand Expeditionary Force as a private on 11th January, 1915; came with the Fifth Reinforcements; saw service in Gallipoli and in France and Flanders, on the Somme in September and October, 1916, and Messmes (June, 1917); promoted sergeant 12th August, 1915; commission through the ranks to second lieutenant, 26th August, 1916; lieutenant, 15th March, 1917; seconded for duty with tho Light Trench Mortar .Battery, 12th October, 1917; killed in action on 3rd December, 1917. I can only hope and trust that, as time goes by, you may receive some comfort and consolation by the memory of his life and dutiful service, and that you may be cheered in your sorrow by the certain knowledge of his glorious death fighting the enemy within a few yards of them. My brigade headquarters staff join with me in offering to you our heartfelt sympathy." Lieutenant Gabite3 was on the office star! of Messrs Butterworth Bros, when he enlisted. A brother is with the Canadian Forces in France, and a third brother was in German West Africa when war broke out, but is now back in New Zealand. Mr C. Beeby, of Maori Hill, has reoeived advice that his son, Private F. H. Beeby, has been wounded a second time. Private Beeby enlisted with the Main Body, and after service through the Gallipoli campaign, was drafted to France, where he has been ever since. He was a popular member of tho Kaikoiai Football and the Maori Hill Association Clubs Writing to Mrs T. Fraser, of Katea, on the death of her son, Private T. Fraser, Captain Ivan Spedding, N.Z.M.C., says: "I take this opportunity of assuring you of my sincere sympathy with you in your great loss. Your boy was a splendid lad, tvnd died a noble death, gallantly succouring the wounded on the battlofield." Private Fraser was one of the youngest of the soldiers from Otago, as he was only 16 years of age when he enlisted. The Minister of Defence has informed Mr J. A. Young, M.P. for Waikato, that tho first draft of the Second Division will go into camp with the Forty-second Reinforcements, which are to mobilise in the week May 26—Jure 1. PRISONERS OF WAR. CAPTIVE NEW ZEALANDERG. The work of tho Now Zealand Prisoners of War Department is described in a booklet recently received from the High Commissioner. Tho publication gives a full description of what has been done in providing comforts for tho New Zoalandors who have fallen into the hands of the enemy, and it includes a list of their names and addresses. This is as follows, tho various New Zealand regiments being indicated by their initials:—

IN GERMANY. Captain G. A. Avey, R. 8.; Captain W. S. R. Bloomfield, R.F.C; Second Lieutenant S. PI. Ellis. R.F.C. ; Lieutenant R. J. Fitzgerald, 12, Gloucester*, escaped and arrived in England, October, 1917; Lieutenant Edgar H. Garland, R.F.C; Lieutenant W. A. Gray, R. 8.; Lieutenant James C. Griffith, R.F.C; Second Lieutenant H. D. Hamilton, R.F.C; Second Lieutenant Albert Holder), R.F.C; Second Lieutenant M. Juriss. 7th London Regiment; Second Lieutenant R. R. Macintosh, R.F.C ; Lieutenant 11. J. F. Mills, King's Royal Rifle Corps; Second Lieutenant G. P. Robertson, R.F.C ; Second Lieutenant F. Dougla.» Sams, R.F.C; Second Lieutenant A. H. Skinner, R.F.C: Second Lieutenant H N. Spenco, 11th Border Regiment; Second Lieutenant E. Warburton, R.F.C ; Lieutenant Trevor W. White. R.F.C; Joseph Abraham, A. 1.; A. J. Armstrong-, W. 1.; Corporal William H. Banks. CI.; Corporal William Best, A.J.; George Bradley, A.I. ; Charles Bromley, CI.; Lance-corporal Hugh Brown, Ist London Scottish; Ernest Bonn, A.L ; Corporal A. J. Burton,. W. 1.; Lancecorporal William J. Byrne, A. 1.; Robert A. Caffery, A.I. ; James Carran, 0.1.; Lawrence Carroll, W. 1.; Albert Choppen, A. 1.; William G. Clemo, A. 1.; C E, Coles, W. 1.; J. Dawson Crawford, A.I. ; Edwin Cross, CI.: P. Dilliway, A.L; Francis P. Doyle, A.L; J. R. Ellis. A.L; E. England, C. 1.; N. Paithfull; Oscar Featherstone. A.l.:' Sergeant C. J. Fisher, W.I. ; Corporal William Flavell, A.L; Llewelyn M. Fowke, R.B. ; F. Frampton, R. 8.: Norman W*. GribbJc, A.L; Arthur Griffin, A.L; Benjamin Good. Ist Scots Guards; Lancecorporal John M. Hall. O.I.; H. J. Kalliday, A.L ; Bertram Heatley, A.L; Wltr. E. Hinch, W. 1.; Corporal William Jones, A. 1.; A. Jones, A.L; Frederick W. Kemp, A.I. ; 0. S .Kennedy. Ist Scots Guards; Thomas E. King, C. 1.; E. T. Limpus, W. 1.; Lancncorporal Joseph N. Lloyd, A.L; Allan H. Lockett, Engineers; Richard Lynch, A. 1.; H. Markwick, W. 1.; Lance-corporal James M'Kechnie, W. 1.: Joseph A. Mercer, R. 8.; Joseph Miln, A.L; Albert S. Monteith, C.I. ; John Morrison, A.L; Joseph Murnhy, A.L: P. F. Notley, A.L; Hubert Ox'ley. A.L; Spencer V. Pacev, W. 1.; Hugh S. Pain, R. 8.: Wm. Parker. W. 1.; Henry J. Poole, CI. : Mathew Rasmussen, A.L; Lance-corporal Chas. Richardson, C.I. ; G. P. Rawlinson. W. 1.; J. Roach, R. 8.; Wm. Robertshaw, W. 1.; Wm. Rowe, C.I. ; Fredk. Shaw, A.L: T. G. Sloan, A.L; Alfred Stanaway, A.L: Wm, H. Stephens, A.L; Wm. Stone, R.B. ; Robt. T. Strathern, 0.1.; Frederic C Stubbing. A.L; Alex. Sutherland, R. 8.; Sergeant W. J. Turton, CI.; Sergeant Ernest J. Walter, A.L; Wm. T. Walschleger, 0.1.; J. Wm. Barr Wataon, R.B. ; Mercantile Marine.—Chief Engineer Thos. Godfrey, s.s. Dunslaw; Sixth Engineer Leonard Smart, s.s. Otaki; Fourth Engineer Herbert L. Sommerville, s.s. Otaki; Second Engineer E. Tuokey, s.s. Glyndwr; Alfred Broomfield Clulee, s : s. Otaki; Wm. J. Doyle, s.s. French Prince; James Long, late s.s. Otaki. Civilians. —Messrs W. L. Carr. Horace G. Hunt, Albert H. Jones. G. H. Morison, Wilfred Morris. G. H.' S. Ritleng'. Tom Sullivan. T. G. J. Sullivan, jun., Walter R. Webb. IN TURKEY. Second Lieutenant Frank Allsopp, A.M.R.; Second Lieutenant Edward 0. Mousley,-R.F.A.; Major Hugh Reilly, 82nd Punjabis, attached R.F.C; A. J. R. J. W I.; Corporal F. J. Earles, W. 1.; Lance-corporal J. Forrester, 0.1. ; T. Gaffney, W. 1.; Benjamin Greig, W. 1.; George Gunn, W. 1.; J. P. Havard, W. 1.; C. T. King, A.L; W. C Lambert, W. 1.; W. M. Martin, A.M.R.; Sergeant Geo. M'Anemy, W. 1.; J. O. M'Lennan, A.M.R.; George F. Monk, W. 1.; James Moore, C.M.R.; A. M. Maurice, C.M.R.; Angus Morrison, U. 1.; Arthur Pearce. A.M.R. ; Lee A. Porter, W. 1.; Gordon Salway, W.M.R.; Lance-corporal Francis L. Shepperd, W.I. ; Corporal A. J. Shoebridge. W. 1.; Norman Steele W. 1.; W. R. Surgenor, W. 1.; Leading Stoker Arch. Wilson, H.M. submarine IN THE FIGHTING IN PALESTINE. • BRAVERY OF A C.Y.C. SERGEANT. A New Zealand sergeant in Palestine gives, in a letter to a relative, the following account of the incident which resulted in Sergeant Percy M'Clatchie being awarded the Military Medal. Everybody in tue regiment (C.Y.C), he says, is disappointed that M'Clatchie did not get the V.C. He thus describes the affair: — "The brigade was away in front of our line reconnoitring- the enemy. They had picketed down there for the night. When about.dawn, Jacko came up at trie charge, en masse, in thousands, our fellows just had time to got tho line up and horses fixed up to retire. Tho Turks came up at the run, firing from the hip—about 5000 or 6000 of them. Our fellows numbered only a hundred or two. However, Mac stayed behind to help a couple of chaps who had lost their heads completely. One he put on his horse and sent safely away (to be shot five minutes later through the head). The other clung to his stirrup. They Bad not gone far when Mac missed the fellow. Looking back, he saw him flat on the ground, fairly done. He went back and picked him up and put him on his own horse and ran alongside him. Of course, in the meantime, the Turks were right at their heels in hundreds. Mac told me he could see machine-gun bullets ploughing up the earth just straight behind them, and he could see the spray of them creeping up closer and closer. I reckon he earned the V.C. if anyone earned one in tho war." PATRIOTIC SERVICE. AN INSPIRING ADDRESS. Tho patriotic service arranged by the Methodist Central Mission which was held in the Central Hall on Sunday afternoon was largely attended by a very attentive congregation. The Mayor (Mr J. J. Clark) occupied the chair, and the Revs. W. Ready and C. Eaton assisted in the service. Miss Clare Solly (of the Fisk Jubilee Singers) sang with great taste and expression " Gocl Sent You Back To Me." and thf. sinprincr of the service was led by the Mission Choir. An address by the Rev. C. 11. Garland (vrn'neipnl of the Auckland Methodist Theological College) on " Patriotism" was listened to with croat attention and the keenest appreciation. Mr Garland said ho did not propose to speak of patriotism as a pissinar phase, but ae a permanent necessity of human nature. No life could come to its own exnept in so far as it participated in tho full current of the national life. This wax was not fought for tho

possessions of the present, but of the future. Identification with the nation enlarged the individual eoul and brought it to its own. Answering the question " What is patriotism '{" the preacher said that the usual definition, " of country," was vague, because four distinct emotions underlaid tho word love. The love of friend, of enemy, of God, and of country were not the same emotions., Hero Mr Garland went on to show the difference between these four fundamental forms of love before continuing to state what constated patriotism. • It was, he said, first gratitude for heritage received. Wo had plucked the fault from trees that other hands had planted, and had drunk of wells others had dug. There was for this reason urgent need that the study of history should take a higher place in our schools. It was ignorance of our great heritage which made some slack to defend it. Secondly, patriotism was a sense of duty to guard what we had received and to pass it on unimpaired. Wo' were not wanting in this sense. Although the Empire counted many religions and languages, we wer,e of one mind and one heart. We were fighting for our type, and when the pacifist complained of the awful sacrifice involved he would reply that there was something more precious than blood —the soul of the nation. Germany was out to kill our soul. She was not fighting for territorial acquisition so much as to impose her kultur to the exclusion of all others. She was out not to kill the body, but to kill the soul. Thirdly, in patriotism there must be a moving upwards continually to the ideal for which the nation stood. We would not be ready to fight for the England of Milton's time, of which the speaker drew a very graphic picture. The England of to-day was a thousandfold more worth fighting" for. A nation was saved by its ideals and its character. It was character which had enabled King Albert of Belgium to do what a Leopold would never have done—to stand between civilisation and the attack of an unscrupulous foe. The preacher was closely followed throughout an inspiring address, which must have given all privileged to hear it a nobler conception of patriotism, and of the real meaning of the struggle in which we are giving of our best.