A SOLDIER'S LIFE.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 16447, 19 January 1918, Page 2

A SOLDIER'S LIFE.

A SOLDIER'S "LIFE. RECOMMENDED BY TIMARTJ MAN. Corporal -Frank McKenzie, who before he enlisted was in chaxgo of the shipping, .department .of the C.F.C.A., wrjtyjg—t'p;-ar friend • ia.. Timar'u undler date November 25, Says:— "I: aml/weU and aih feeling exceptionally. fit.-; 1 : This soldiering life gwes you good! health,' and apart .from some' inconveniences which one. lias to pub up rwithj/.I? pan recommend the*llifto t as jsood.-'iSpi'faß.i have not been in the line,, but'rno-'doubt I will bo in the .thick of.it. before.you receive this letter..

; '/Now, about the Timaru, boys who came away with me—J. Kane, G. W. Leslie, M. Maerlonald, and Fairbrother. They are attached to the Rifle Brigade, .and went up to the lines some'time ago. Corporals. "\V. ,Q.,'Whyte, Gregge, and H. MclSnigOT;' left -us at 'Sling. Camp when we came over to France. 1 They weivt to a"schbbT of instruction in poncrali iiifantrv--tr ; aining ,at Tidworth. A'l the' btm»r : -T-imn"ru boys T enroe over with, viz: D'Arey, Leigh, Lawry, Reni\p:tt, ,^iaim r etc., lw\Ve gone no the line. ancl'T think I will be nbouf. the last- the Timaru portion of the 26th Rcnnforr-ements to go-into action. "As''fn,r as weather is concerned, we have : so-far been very fortunate, al-though--to-day • is very stormy, snd 1 where we are camped, on a sandy, site, ib is-mest ; unpleasant. However, since I, entered- this out-tit I have- given up complaining. u "There.is onlo thing I would like to ■fell -you that moyv>bo of interest,- and •that is. regarding the treatment meted out to us, I may .tell you that we, are jolly well-looked after, and any complaints,yon hear of in New Zealand ns regards the treatment of New Zealanders at the front. I would say, do not believe them. They are sure to have originated from some "dismaljimmies" who couldn't exist • without grousing. 'l came across a "Heralu" somewhere in a week ago, and it contahied,'tile South Canterbury name* of the-15,000 ballot. By the way, I notioe one or two., prominent Timaruvians have >recerwd an invitation -from Sir James Allen to visit France, and no doubt if . doctor thinks their health will peririit:'them ,to 'accept the invitation, rwe'm'ay; see them over- hero at- no distant dhtV. I would like to tell yoxi .'much mo-re of but that necessary military evil—Mr: .Censor— has a.big say in this letter reaching ybu.",y..,.;;; " . . . ';'-. .