THE NEW SOUTH WALES. FORCES.
Sydney, December 18.
In tommittee upon the military estimates, Sir George Dibbs said that Major-General Hutton, the Commandant, came to the colony with strong ideas about Imperialism and militarism, and under the impression that he was next to the Governor. He came with the expressed determination of wiping out the old officers and getting Imperial officers instead. The Government should prevent him from flooding the colony with such officers. The Premier, in reply, said that the trouble with Major-General Hutton arose between a highly irascible gentleman, in the person of the ex-Premier, and the highly , independent gentleman at the head of the forces. It was impossible for a civilian to dominate a department about which he knew nothing. The Government was willing to make re-
ductions.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 302, 19 December 1894, Page 5
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