CORRESPONDENCE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13697, 29 May 1915, Page 4

CORRESPONDENCE.

MARRIED VERSUS SINGLE AS RECRUITS. (To the Editor ol the HBraJdf*} Sir,-^A few days' a^o.l' noticed an advertisement m your-, v paper which Stilted that no man eligible for enlist-, 'ment need apply. I suppose this' i*ef 61. to|sin_le men—that is light enough, but 1 woidd ■'■ like to'Tmow why the eligible young married men do not themselves volunteer. .- ' If the Avar affects tij(en_ so strongly that they feel it "their duty to-'didt-ite'-to'. others what they *ar_ t_»'d_; ! 'l' \tf_uld like to ask 'them, why should tlie single man risk his life any more thanthi married man? Why should' the single man risk his life to protect the'iridrried man's Avife ' and childr"£tfi? 'Iss' this not the duty of the married man'himself 'when young and sti-O-ig? * Why should he continue Ito- have air the hap*piiiess at the expense of his • siiigle' brother. Shoutiug - "Rule-' Britannia"! and buying Union Jacks is all very well ivi "its Avay> and for a good object. But' 'jui-t now what we want, and * Avant badly, is more men. Men who can carry a . gun and s-hoot straight. If bbys of 18 and 20 can go and lea-ve-their fathers and mothers, and their parents are proud to ' let* them go,- •■ ■ I fail to see why- the eligible young mai vrieu man cannot also .go. Wo have got to -keep the old flag , flying at ,aJI- costs,, and we f ruiist, air make sacrificesv'to that cn4-. . If some of 'the young married; men <"_oi_'t sCfon get a" riiovo on." there AviU bo sonieSvliite feathers goirig round; Mr - - Allan, Minister of ' Deferice', l Avas : asked "What do you say is the duty of a married man'/" and his reply -was, •'As to the duty of a married mar. it miist be for himself to decide. If he possibly can go I think the urgency is so great iioav that even a maimed' man must make sacrifices for tlie defence of, ihe' Empire, Avhich means- ho should re ■member the defence, of his oavu home,, "his= Avife and.' children," That is the matter iir, a; nutshell. If Aye cannot get tlitf numbers required to make up tW (drafts, tl-fe. Goyerriment » are asking for A-oluntariiy ; then tlio only thing to do is, to make it, compulsory. „ We; have; cither to Aviritiiis w ; ar or gej> >v;iped, out is a natiori. A.' that to' a ' free -people is ui-ttaink&bje,' then' tlie only thing to secure -Viotc-y is^for . tibc^ slao-cers to 101l up "before they arc compelled to do so.; — T- am, etc., OLD VOLUNTEER.

. , . . :'...-- ;*.■* .. v '..-■"';>»;.: ■>'? •■-.'. , - , • : ' SUNDAY^ STEAMERS. "«, 1 (To tlie Editor of the Herald.) • ...■ •■■* Sir, — In yesterday's issue* -of ''your' paper, I notice a letter sighed by H- D. deLautour; -statirig -_-'tliat' the -shipping uompanies' Avere being-- tfr-ged to despatch the launoh with southern passengers at-j 5.30 o'clock on Sunday evening. This is i not the case, , and he surely has • .been j misinformed. At a representative meeting, held a short time ago it was decid- j ed to aslr the shipping companies to j make thc liour of leaving the wharf j

6.30-' instead; of 7.30, > thereby giving tlie public- an opportunity of attending the evening ■■ Church^services. The question of the launch, leaving later -.ii 'the-.even-ing Avas also carefully considered ' but it Avas thought to be too late for people getting home after seeing . their' relatives and' friends -away. ■■ In Auckland, all trams : are stopped during church hours, so surety- the shipping- companies, Avithout much inconvenience, could foIIOAV the example of- the _*___n\vay_ Company m Auckland. — I am, etc., ■ py-ey field.