The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-08-06
THRUST
i DUE THIS MONTH

DONDDN, July W The great
British advance will begin about the
6rst Of August and England viii then
make her great throw in the war;
was the confident Declaration :Uday OF
one of Kitchener y newcs; artay, u
man equipped with Information, h1-
though he is only a private. A year
ago he was newspaper correspondent,
az well known in New York rs in Lon
ld0n, although now he Is merely u man
IN the ranks Of the Royal Fusilcfs.
aHWe are of to the front next
"Wednesday Gully l4)," he went on,
If.ald we are almost the first Of. The
lncw force Kitchener's grca: army OF
l2,O0o,00O men is at last on the way.
Within a couple of weeks after thar
there will be another 10000 British
troops in France. nrA
A glance at the speaker world con
vince ono that he was the very type
of man neededefor m o!hcer.,' 1uL lie
thought differently. III
Eager To Reach Front -
al, and many like me- he said,
want to get to the front and in the
midst of the, fighting as soon as we
can. We don't want to wear the stars
of an officer and train recruits in some
hole fiftymiles outside the world. Us
for Francel ."
"This is the great move he con.
tinued. 1--WE are in London now for
two or three days farewell leave,
I hen away we go, and if the Germans
are about to try to make the great
smash for Calais, we shall be there in
time" .-.
This Kitchener soldier was telling
the real truth. For two weeks past
although no word has been allowed by
the censor to be sent abroad, mighty
preparations have been going on
throughout England TO get the main
body of~Kitchencr 8 army out Of Eng
land by July 20. These plans have
been in readiness for the past tire,
months and the departure Of the Cor
don Highlanders for Flanders on July
was the match laid 20 the train.
4 These troops now departing includ,
all those WHO enlisted between thu
i outbreak of the war and last January
The remainder stay behind as reserves
i No man is going out, who has had les
than six months of training. The no
i fnaining million will serve to fill VI
the reserves. "The larger the army
the greater the number of reserve
4 necessary" is Kitchener's motto.
II ming Centers Deserted S.se "a,
i For the moment, Aldershot, Sails
bury Plain and all the great training
Icenters are deserted They will b
reserved for the new recuits--com
pulsory or otherwise expected as 500
as the National Register, "A half-thrsa
to compulsion, is completed. Near
while those left in Kitchener q arm
are training harder than ever. ,,l,, .yri.
II Nothing has awakened Britain TO III
needs imposed by this war more thS
the present sudden and great rnnr'
ment Of troops. The men are not lik
those of the old regular army, Z, whic
was drawn mainly from the poorei
classes of the community, and who's
departure meant little to the life u
the nation at large. The preseI
forces are composed of men of ever
class, although the middle classes pr,
dominate, and when they go they wi
take the hearts Of half Of, Englan
with them. ~ ="
On all sides, physically and mel
tally. they are acknowledged TO for
the best great body troops that hs
ever left the shores of Britain Eve
carping staff officers from the War o.
fee cannot find one word to say agains
them.
"This is England 5 last great thro'
, in the war, repeated the private |
the Royal Fusiliers. ..A,-z, - -.