EW ZEALAND MILITARY COMMANDANT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 288, 5 December 1910, Page 8

EW ZEALAND MILITARY COMMANDANT.

ARRIVAL IN AUSTRALIA, BRISBANE, November 27. By the Canadian steamer Maknra, which arrived at Pinkenba on Saturday, Major-General Godley is proceeding to Sydney on his way to New Zealand to take up the position of commandant of tne military forces there. In the course of an interview -with "The Daily Telegraph" representative at Victoria Barracks on Saturday evening, the Major-General, who is a man of fine military bearing, an officer of the Irish Guards, and was in command of the mounted infantry and attached to the general staff at Aldershot, stated that •he decided to break his journey to Australia and visit the United States and Canada with the view of adding to his knowledge of milifcary matters. He visited the Canadian military colleges at Kingston and the West Point College in the United States. At these places he met various prominent military officers and others interested in defence, and he was much impressed with the manner in which those institutions -were maintained. Speaking of his future movements, he said he was to meet Major-General Kirkpatrick, who would -take him over the -site of the proposed military training college, and he hoped also to meet the officers who are undergoing instruction in camp •prior to the compulsory training system 'being introduced. Major-General Godley expressed the hope that he would also be able to meet General Hoad and other prominent military men in the south, as under a system of reciprocity he wished to meet as many officers as possible and learn their views on defence matters. Major-General Godley has never visited Australia before, but he is very keen in his desire to glean anything that would further his knowledge of these parts. Colonel Lyster, the Queensland commandant, drove Major-General Godley around the city during the afternoon, and the latter resumed his voyage to Sydney in the Makura early this morning.