A FAREWELL ADDRESS.
Press Assn— By telegraph— popyf ight.< LON.DON, yesterday. , ; Greheral Sir lan.: Hamilton,- who lias been appointed Adjutant^Gen.eral of the Forces and Second Military Member 'of the Ai-ihy Council, vice Lieut. -General Sir Charles Douglas^ in a remarkable farewell order when, relinquishing the Southern. District •Command, recalled-the Bffdrts he had made to impart to the; troops the results of his experience in rMancJiuria as attache with the Japanese Army, •during the Russo-Japanese-campaign. He said he had especially tried to influence the- cavalry against the peace practice of unreal tactics, and to en-courage-the artillery to perfect themselves in the use >of : concealed batteries so remarkably/ adopted by the Japanese. ' • General Hamilton continued that Tvhatever progress had been, realised was due to the sympathy of all rants with his underlying aim, namely, to " overcome uripreparedness and make for efficiency for war.
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Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 283, 3 June 1909, Page 5
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141A FAREWELL ADDRESS. Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 283, 3 June 1909, Page 5
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