A REPLY.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11580, 2 July 1918, Page 4

A REPLY.

To The Editor

SIR,—My attention lias been drawn to a letter in your issue of to-night in winch are'some remarks that I feel reluctantly compelled to answer, tl’our correspondent is of opinion—

J. That It would bo b neficial to my patients if I went on active service, in view of what I should learn. ‘i. That it is for mo to judge whether my practice can be left or no t.

With regard to the first point,may I suggest that it is not for the opportunities of learning that any man, be he a doctor or ary other member of the community, goes to the front, but for the purpose of doing his duty for his country. As to the second point it is,, I think, emphatically not for nv individual to judge if lie tan be ; spared—it is for the military auth- | critics to decide. Fe-lmps I'mav be allowed to state tint I Volunteered for service in any part of the world nearly three yeas ago, and it was by »he express wish of the military authorities that I have so far remained ,in Marton. At the present time I am on leave without pay, and have information from the authodties that they are considering whether I can he spared from tins disfciict or not-. Yoma faithfully, * STEPHEN S. CRAWFORD.