Item 02: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 5 December 1914-26 February 1915 - Page 186
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[Page 186]
We are abreast of Marybro (Double Island) as I write this – Sunday eveg or Monday morning seems about our time – all being well –
The more one reflects the more one sees that the Pacific is washed out – The Grantala is discharged – The Submarine AE2 has gone home – All Imperial!! Naval men (Why Imperial, why not British?) have been recalled – One destroyer only is in Sydney we believe – No war ships are here – What on earth is left for us to do? Nothing save dull, deadly, ordinary routine – I'm off =
Talking things over with others I touched on a point that many agree with – Is it a good thing to denude Australia of its fighting men in toto? – especially of its volunteer crowd – we can & may do it but is it advisable in a young land which wants population? – Why not compel the villages of the cities of Great B & Ireland to drill & fight & save our men for their own country – There must be tens of thousands of hoodlums at home who should be rounded up, trained & given a fighting chance –