Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land,
Drawing no dividend from time's to-morrows.
Well might the Dead who struggled in the slime
Rise and deride this sepulchre of crime.
I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of military authority, because I believe that the War is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it.
I am a soldier, convinced that I am acting on behalf of soldiers.