. Te Karere. ourselves in volunteeringour services. In doing that, they re-ceived the aid and the assistance ofour home militia, the finest body ofyoung men in all Western n boj s, \\ ho had .-pent up-wards of seven years in training, aboutten days each year, and who had wonhigl honour in all the competitionsopen to the home guard of Canada. They were the hoys, seventy-live ofthem, who kept the Word of Wisdom,every one of them, and they were com-mented upon by the highest militaryofficers of Canada. When we spokeabout those who should volunteer, theofficers said. Give us these boy
. Te Karere. ourselves in volunteeringour services. In doing that, they re-ceived the aid and the assistance ofour home militia, the finest body ofyoung men in all Western n boj s, \\ ho had .-pent up-wards of seven years in training, aboutten days each year, and who had wonhigl honour in all the competitionsopen to the home guard of Canada. They were the hoys, seventy-live ofthem, who kept the Word of Wisdom,every one of them, and they were com-mented upon by the highest militaryofficers of Canada. When we spokeabout those who should volunteer, theofficers said. Give us these boys.; weknow them. The hoys came, and under the handsof those who preside, received theirblessings, and not one has been 1< siin all the armies of Europe amongthe Allied portion, which we representand of which we form a part. When the time comes for any of youto volunteer, let it be said that thevery best young rhen go. I see the wis-dom of President Wilsons suggestionthat possibly conscription should be put. in force: they want the good men togo, and to get them, they may need tocall them. Not long ago we had one of OUT missionaries from Switzerland, whowas doing missionary work in Ger-many, lie told of a circumstance whichshows to me that the Mormon peoplehave not any enmity in their do not believe any of us desire to killa German or an Austrian or any of theTeutonic nations in war, except as wemay he called upon to defend our-selves. Imagine on the field of battlea German member of this Church re-reiving also under the hands of themissionaries a blessing that he shouldgo into battle, and that he would notlose his life. The missionary statesthat this particular young man went tothe front, his battalion was called to TE KARERE charge upon the English, and henoticed after the charge that very fewwere left. They were commanded asecond time to charge. He rememberedthe blessing that he should not lose hislife, and, he said, they made thecharge, and all he could then reme
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