DAILY DRILL ON LINER.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144670, 3 May 1915, Page 6

DAILY DRILL ON LINER.

AUSTRALIAN'S EAGER TO JOIN BRITISH BATTALIONS. Australia’s contribution to the fighting forces of the Empire is not limited to” the contingents which have been dispatched to 'the scone of action, or which arc now being recruited and trained in the Commonwealth. Everv passenger ship which arrives from the Antipodes brings volunteers who are anxious to take a hand in the war as soon as possible. The Hon. F. IV. Young, who lately arrived in London as Agent-General for South Australia. told a newspaper representative that in the vessel by which he travelled there wore between twenty and thirty voting follows of independent position who wore coming to England in tho hope of getting commissions. Mr. Y'ohng described them as being the best type of Australian, nearly all men who had lived on the land and are accomplished horsemen and shots. "Thee were, so keen on getting into training.” said 'Air.■.'Young, -"that they had clubbed together and engaged an c-x-scrgcant, whose return faro was paid, ’to drill thorn during tho voyage. And he did drill them. They wore always at it, morning, noon, and night. Nothing was allowed to interfere with the work, and the other passengers took the greatest interest in it. The old ‘non-com.’- not only drilled them and taught thorn to drill a squad, but he put them through a course of signalling as well. When wo arrived at Plymouth they know all that-he could teach them, and were as well set up a 100 of fellows as you could meet,”-