MEN GOING TO CAMP.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 16049, 6 February 1918, Page 4

MEN GOING TO CAMP.

36th REINFORCEMENTS LEAVE., J The New Plymouth quota for the 36th Reinforcements left for Trentham Camp by the mail train tliis morning. There wore very few people, at- the station to see them off, the reason probably being file smallness of the draft, Ten men were on the list, but only seven entrained. They were taken to the Women’s Patriotic rooms, in St. Aubyn Street, where the Mayoress and Miss Pardy entertained them to morning tea. Each soldier was presented with a hold-all. Tho Rev. F. G. Harvie, addressing the men from a carriage platform, said ho counted it a great honour to be asked by the Mayor to say a few words to the departing recruits. They were, he said, starting on a life of service. Ho could only say to them what he said to another draft about a year'ago in the Manawatu. He asked them to remember tho motto of tho Prince of Wales—an excellent motto, only two words. “I serve.” Not “I succeed,,” but “I -serve.” Not "that I can push myself forward to further my own interests,” but “‘that I am a member of an army, a team, a nation, and that I carry the honour of that nation in my own hands. 1 can do what I like with it. If. X so choose, I can drag my Empire’s honour in tho dirt.” The speaker said that most of those who had to stay at home would prefer to bo in the position of tho men who worn going into camp. But the life of service was tho highest form of life, and therefore in tho long rnn tho best. Those who remained at homo had their work to do for the country just as had those who were going away. They must always remember that the 1 success of the team counted for every: • thing, even if it entailed the loss of tho individual. If they bore in mind that it was for the country they were striving, they would face the hardships and perils, with a far braver heart than by thinking merely of themselves. He, appealed to them to keep their characters clean while they were away, for the simple reason that it was their country’s character, and they must not let it he dragged in the duet. "May God Almighty bless you iu the work vou have undertaken for Him,” Mr. Harvie continued. “We trust you will he spared to come hack after the war to help build,up God’s empire in this district. Wo will hood all the help and purity we can get to make God s empire what it ought to he. If there is one thing which you will gain by your experience in this war it will he a wider, better outlook. May God bless 7 °Thc Mayor (Mr. C. H. Burgess) said ho hod verv little to add to what Mr. Harvie had" said. It was the first reinforcement he bad farewelled this year, and he,- sincerely hoped—and everyone else did too—thfvfc ty this time next year, if peace had not ah ready been declared, it would he in sight. A. certain amount of war-weari-ness was being felt" all over the world, in all fighting countries, and no one could wonder at it. There was never a time, however, when there was a more imperative demand upon us for stout-hcartedness, not only on the part of the men who were going away, but also on the part of those who were remaining at'(home. . . The Mayor's address was cut short By the warning hell, and hi called for three cheers tor the men, those present responding heartily. Tho junior band played “Aiild lang syne” as the train drew out, and there was the usual demonstration by the people and tho vigorous tooting of whistles. / The seven men who left were:— P. B. Biftler. B. W. Frowin. B. Hi Fletcher. E. E. Jury. IV. Kendall. P. Willcox. V. H. S. Larsen. Win tho Fight Against Coughs and Colds. —We are all more or less susceptible to sore, throats, coughs and colds in the summer We are not prepared for them so well as in winter. The most effective weapon in fighting these health-enemies is Baxter’s Lung Preserver. It has won confidence through its high curative qualities. Children love it because of its pleasant taste and soothing effects. ‘A Is lOd bottle is needed in every home.