RECRUITING.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 April 1916, Page 8

RECRUITING.

STRATFORD. SOLDIERS' DAY, That a number of men who are hanging back could be induced to join the colors, if definitely assured that they would receive care and attention, and adequate provision made for their future, when they return wounded and possibly permanently maimed, is on the face of it a reasonable assumption. Of course there is a small -percentage of shirkers who will not go even with such an assurance and would seize on the above suggestion as an excuse for not going, but we can be thankful that they are a small minority. New Zealander's as a whole are game to a fault, and this is not to be wondered at, seeing that, itheir forbears entered upon an adventure that only daring spirits would undertake, when.this country was first colonised. The provision that should be made for our men, tc be adequate, niust be entirely outside military pensions made by the Government; it must be a supplementary grant made to augment the Government pension, and not given as a charity but as a right. With the building up of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund a detinue assurance is given that our men will be provided for as should be, and it behoves everyone to assist the Wounded Soldiers' Fund in Taranalfi, and every individual can do this by attending the great Carnival on Soldiers' Day, on Easter Monday, at Stratford. Gentlemen are only asked to pay two shillings, ladies one shilling, and children sixpence, at the gates, and once inside the gates all they have to do is to enjoy themselves.