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<day.start>1915-06-18</day.start>
<para>The President - took the chair at 11 a.m., and read prayers. </para>
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<title>EXPEDITIONARY FORCES</title>
<page.no>4151</page.no>
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<para>Conduct of Contractors : Prisoners in Turkey : Casualty Lists : Statement by <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. McGregor</inline> : Number of Recruits: Obituary Notices. </para>
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<para>- The Minister of Defence has already informed the Senate that the firm of Goode, Currant and Company, of Perth, have been struck off the list of tenderers for defence purposes, and I desire to know whether the Government are prepared to go further than that, and institute proceedings against any contractor who supplies inferior material' for defence purposes during this war ? </para>
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<para>- Each case will be considered on its merits. Where the conditions of a case warrant the step suggested being taken, of course it will be taken; but it was thought that the case of Goode, Durrant and Company would be met by striking the firm off the list of tenderers. </para>
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<para>- Has the Minister of Defence any information bearing on the present condition of Australian prisoners of war in Turkey, and, if so, does he mind making it public? </para>
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<para>- I have already announced that, through the Home Government, the Ministry approached the United States Government, and asked that their ambassador at Constantinople should supply us with all information possible as to prisoners of war in Turkey ; and, as a result of our representations, we have received information regarding the officers and crew of the submarine <inline font-style="italic">AE2.</inline> The same procedure will be followed in regard to military prisoners. </para>
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<para>- Has the Minister any details in the Department as to the actual number of Australian prisoners now held by the Turks ? </para>
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<para>- No other report than the one I have just referred to has yet been received. </para>
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<para>- Will the Minister of Defence tell the Senate whether the lists of casualties which we have already received and are still receiving deal only with the landing of our troops at Gallipoli, or include casualties sustained in fighting after a landing had been effected? </para>
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<para>- The lists include the casualties up to the dates mentioned in them. If the honorable senator will look at the lists, as received by the Department, he will see that they show the dates on which the casualties occurred, and that in some cases the dates are quite recent. </para>
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<page.no>4151</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">STORY, William</name>
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<para>- Some little time ago, I drew the attention of the Minister of Defence to a statement made by <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. McGregor,</inline> in Adelaide, that the military contracts were being carried out by the scum of the earth, and the Minister undertook to investigate the matter.' I desire to know whether an investigation has been made, and, if so, with what result ? </para>
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<para>- The press report of that statement, which was furnished by the honorable senator, has been sent on to the Attorney-General for advice. </para>
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<page.no>4151</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">GOULD, Albert</name>
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<inline font-weight="bold">-Colonel Sir ALBERT</inline>GOULD.- Can the Minister of Defence tell me how many troops have been sent from Australia in the Expeditionary Forces, and also how many men arein training for similar purposes? </para>
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<para>- The number of men who had been trained up to the date of the last return I saw was 83,000. </para>
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<page.no>4151</page.no>
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<inline font-weight="bold">-Colonel Sir Albert</inline>Gould. - Can the Minister tell me how many men have been sent away? </para>
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<para>- I cannot say from memory; but if the honorable senator will give notice of a question, I will furnish the information on the next day of sitting. </para>
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<page.no>4151</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">BAKHAP, Thomas</name>
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<para>asked the Minister of Defence, <inline font-style="italic">upon notice -</inline></para>
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<para>Is it correct that a family, which has been apprised by the Defence authorities of one or more of its members having been killed in action while serving with the Expeditionary Forces, is prevented from inserting an obituary notice in the newspapers until the name or names appear in the official published lists, and that newspaper publishers have a similar prohibition imposed on them ? </para>
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<para>What is the useful military or social objective accomplished or aimed at by this prohibition? </para>
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<page.no>4151</page.no>
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<para>- The answer tothe questions is: - </para>
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<para>When first the casualty lists were received it was ordered that no public notice should be published until the lists were officially released. More recently an order was issued that on receipt of telegrams or letters from abroad, or from Defence Department, press references and obituary notices may be published if authorized in writing by relatives concerned. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>4152</page.no>
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<title>MAIL CONTRACTORS : REBATES</title>
<page.no>4152</page.no>
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<page.no>4152</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">READY, Rudolph</name>
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<para>asked the Minister representing the Postmaster-General, <inline font-style="italic">upon notice -</inline></para>
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<para>What amount has the Postmaster-General set apart for rebates to mail contractors who are in difficulties owing to the high price of fodder? </para>
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<para>On what basis does he contemplate reimbursing contractors who have suffered hardship in this connexion? </para>
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<page.no>4152</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>KKZ</name.id>
<electorate>NEW SOUTH WALES</electorate>
<party>ALP</party>
<role>Vice-President of the Executive Council</role>
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<name role="metadata">GARDINER, Albert</name>
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<para>- The answers to the questions are: - </para>
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<para>The exact amount cannot be stated until all claims have been dealt with, but it is expected to approximate £50,000. </para>
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<para>Each case will be dealt with on its merits - having regard to the extra cost caused to the contractor through the increased price or forage. </para>
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<title>PAPERS</title>
<page.no>4152</page.no>
<type>papers</type>
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<para>The following papers were presented : - </para>
<quote>
<para>Defence : Troopship Inquiry at Brisbane - Summing-up by Assistant Minister for Defence. </para>
<para>Lands Acquisition Act 1906 - Land acquired under, at Lindfield, New South Wales - For Postal purposes. </para>
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<title>SUPPLY BILL (No. 8)</title>
<page.no>4152</page.no>
<type>bill</type>
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<para>European War: Expeditionary Forces: Recruiting: Conscription: Manufacture of Munitions: Small Arms Factory : Preference to Unionists : Conditions of Contracts - Party Truce - Referenda Bills - Tariff - Industrial Organization - Food Supplies and Prices - War Expenditure. </para>
<para>Bill received from the House of Representatives. </para>
<para>Motion (by <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Russell)</inline> proposed - </para>
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<para>That this Bill be now read a first time. </para>
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<inline font-weight="bold">-Colonel Sir ALBERT</inline>GOULD (New South Wales) [11.9].- I cannot allow the first reading of this Bill to pass without making a few observations with regard to matters which have already been alluded to in both this Chamber and the other House, and also in the press, and that is matters relating to defence and the supply of munitions of war. One labours under a disadvantage to a certain extent in speaking about this subject, because honorable senators opposite persistently say that any criticisms offered are actuated by purely party motives, and that party attacks are being directed at the administration of the Government or the Minister. In the remarks I make this morning I shall not be actuated by a spirit of that kind, but by a desire which I think should animate every member of Parliament - to take advantage of an opportunity where he thinks that he can assist in solving questions of defence, even if it be at the expense of the feelings of the Minister or the Department, because, after all, it must be recognised that neither a Minister nor a Government can possess the whole of the information or the power to deal with so comprehensive a matter which a larger body of men may be able to bring to bear. The attitude we should take up is, unfortunately, not always regarded from that stand-point, either here or elsewhere. Last week, when I was speaking to a similar motion, I al- luded to the insufficient number of recruits we had obtained since the war had commenced. I pointed out that, comparatively speaking, the number was very small, and made a comparison between the recruiting in Canada and Australia. I was reminded that Canada had a larger population, and that Australia had done things which Canada had not done. I was also reminded that the Navy established by Australia had rendered good service in connexion with the war, but that Canada had not a boat with which to render similar assistance. I admit that freely. </para>
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<para>- But you forgot it though, all the same. </para>
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<para>- It is, of course, a matter of pride to Australia that her Navy has been able to render some valuable service in distant waters, as well as in the southern seas, but I remind honorable senators that in the matter of providing munitions of war we have not yet given the same assistance as Canada has rendered. </para>
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<para>- Nor have we provided as much as the United States of America. You might as well make that an argument. </para>
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<para>- I might as well employ the argument that it is no part of the business of the United States of America to do more than she sees fit to do, and that she is doing very valuable work for which very valuable consideration is being given. </para>
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<para>- And so is Canada. </para>
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<para>- Australia stands in much more imminent peril than does Canada. We know perfectly well that if the war resulted adversely to our own nation, Australia might be part of the price to be paid in the settlement of "affairs. </para>
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<para>- There is not a possible hope. </para>
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<para>- We know that, so far as Canada is concerned, that could not possibly be, because of the Monroe doctrine under which the United States of America herself would be compelled to prevent any interference with any portion of America, whether it was in Canada or elsewhere. </para>
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<para>- <inline font-style="italic">Yes,</inline> and Australia has a Monroe doctrine, too, if we come to that point. </para>
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<para>.-- Australia has a Monroe doctme, but who backs the doctrine up? Canada has not a Monroe doctrine, but the United States of America, a Power alongside Canada, has, and would insist that no foreign Power should take possession of any American territory, whether it was portion of the British Empire or belonged to another independent nation. If we take the trouble to contrast our contribution to the Empire's needs with that of Canada, we shall find that though we have despatched a certain number of troops to the front, we have not accomplished a very great deal. To-day I desired to know the precise number of men whom we have sent to the front. The Minister was unable to give me that information, but he was in a position to inform me that the troops who had been despatched from the Commonwealth, and who were in training, totalled 83,000. I come now to a paragraph which I clipped from a newspaper the other day, and which relates to the number of troops that Canada has sent to the front. From it I learn that the Dominion is calling for 35,000 additional soldiers, thus bringing the total of her Expeditionary Forces to 150,000 men. </para>
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<para>- After she has raised the additional 35,000. Up to the time of which the honorable senator speaks, the number raised by Canada was only </para>
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<para>115,000. </para>
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<para>- I will assume, for the sake <inline font-style="italic">oi</inline> argument, that Canada has already despatched 115,000 men. </para>
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<para>- -At the time of which the honorable senator is speaking, we had raised 83,000 men for our Expeditionary Forces, without counting the troops mobilized for local defence. </para>
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<para>- According to the Minister, Canada has 115,000 men at the front. </para>
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<para>- Not at the front She has raised that number since the outbreak of the war, and the Canadian figures have always included troops mobilized for local defence. </para>
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<para>- At the beginning of May last Canada had despatched 70,000 troops from her shores. How many had gone to the front was not stated. I. venture to say that those who had left Australia at that time did not number one-half of that total. </para>
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<para>- What about the number despatched in proportion to population ? </para>
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<para>- The population of Canada is 8,000,000 as against a population in Australia of 5,000,000. </para>
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<para>- Then we have dona better than has Canada. </para>
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<para>- And Canada is only seven days from the front, whereas we are six weeks from it. </para>
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<para>- I am quite aware of that. I recognise that it is much easier to get men to the front from Canada than it is from Australia. </para>
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<para>- The honorable senator has stated that Canada has despatched only 70,000 troops. </para>
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<para>- She has already raised 115,000, and is now raising an additional 35,000. But as compared with Great Britain, what number have we placed in the field in proportion to our population? That is a question which I invite honorable senators to answer. Then I would ask " Are we doing all that we might do, if we put forth our utmost efforts? " How many men of a suitable military age are there in Australia? As a matter of fact, we have an enormous number whose services ought to be available. Our unmarried men between eighteen and thirty-five years of age total 525,000 or 526,000. Our unmarried men between thirty-five and forty-five years of age number 87,250. Consequently, we have upwards of 600,000 unmarried men between the fighting ages of eighteen, and thirty-five years. The services of these men should be available for the Empire's needs if their health is satisfactory. </para>
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<para>- Is the honorable senator advocating conscription? </para>
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<para>- I will talk about conscription presently if it be necessary to do so. I say that we have in our midst 600,000 unmarried men of a fighting age. </para>
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<para>- But they may not be of a fighting height. </para>
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<para>- The standard height is 5 feet 3 inches, and I am of opinion that they would reach that. But, after making full allowance for those who would not do so, we still have 500,000 men to draw upon. In this connexion we must recollect that large numbers of married men are included amongst our Expeditionary Forces who have already gone to the front. Consequently, the number of unmarried men in those Forces must be very small. <inline font-weight="bold">Senator O'Keefe</inline> has asked me if I am advocating conscription? I am not advocating conscription. </para>
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<para>- That is the crux of the honorable senator's argument. </para>
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<para>- It is not. The crux of my argument is that we have never made our people realize the necessity for coming forward and freely offering their services at the present juncture. If they were impressed with the difficult position in which the Empire is placed, do honorable senators imagine that they would be holding back? We know that the essential need of Great Britain is men, more men, and still more men. I am satisfied that if our young men were conscious of the grave situation with which we are faced, a great many more would be rallying to the colours. In the earlier stages of the "war we contemplated despatching a Force of only 10,000 troops. Then the number was raised to 20,000, and gradually it has mounted to its present- dimensions. But what news was given to our people of the national emergency with which we are confronted? As a matter of fact, the country did not realize the grave necessities of the situation. It has been brought home to it only after months of fighting that the Mother Country is in a much more serious difficulty than we ever imagined. The people of England themselves were kept ignorant of the real position. The Commonwealth Government cannot be .blamed for the secrecy which has been observed. But the fact remains that all we were told of the progress of the war was of the most favorable character. We knew very little of the reverses experienced by our armies in the field. This policy of secrecy was initiated in Great Britain, and has been followed in this country to the detriment of the people, because if our young men had only realized the seriousness of the position many more would have flocked to the colours. Only the other day we were told in the newspapers that more recruits were offering their services than were required, and that consequently some volunteers were put aside. </para>
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<para>- Who said that? </para>
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<para>- I saw it stated in the newspapers on the authority of some of the commandants of the States. </para>
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<para>- If so, they made that statement without the authority of the Minister. I would like the name of the commandants who made the statement. </para>
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<para>- Let the honorable senator supply the names. Otherwise his statement will not help him. </para>
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<para>- Unfortunately, I have to address myself to a body of honorable senators who are tongue-tied. </para>
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