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conclusion. We must decide that tis better either (a) to leave the men in Aus. to look after the country, probably for the Germans, - or (b) to send every available man to the front to fight for and make sure of his claim.

Better far to hop over your fence and beat the chap away who threatens to take posession of your plot than to stay within your fence improving your plot for the chap who pelts you with stones from outside until he has sufficiently knocked you about to be able to walk in unmolested.

One Officer said that even the men we could raise by the adoption of Conscription – probably 2 to 300,000 could not make any difference in this war – a mere hand-ful he said – Now what do you think of that? He is a man about 32 years of age – Went thro' the S' African Campaign. I tried to tell him of the Strategic advantage even 20,000 men could be under certain conditions – but 'twas like you might imagine an effort to drive military tactics into the brain of Bill Jennings would be – just

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