COLONIAL CIVIL SERVANTS ON LEAVE.
[To TPIE EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOR-"1 SiR,—I see from the papers that all men attesting under Lord Derby's scheme, and also all men engaged on war munitions work, receive badges to show that they are not slackers. In view of a recent circular issued by the Colonial Office, all Colonial Civil Servants are debarred from volunteering for service as combatants, under penalty of being gazetted as "dismissed from the service" and debarred from holding any further post under the Colonial Office. The younger men in the Colonial services are all fit men, and during periods of leave in England they are naturally silently questioned by the public as to why they arc not in khaki. During my last leave at hcme I felt miserable. I was not wanted in the Army as I should enly be a temporary officer, and I had to go about in ordinary civilian dress, as Colonial uniform would look absurd at home. If we could be privileged to wear an armlet with C.C.S. (Colonial Civil Service) on it 1 am sure people would realize that we are not the slackers they take us to be.—I am, Sir, &c.,
COLONIAL CIVIL SERVANT. COLONIAL CIVIL SERVANT.
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