TRIBUTE TO SPORT.
On relinquishing his command at Aldershot. General Sir A. Hunter paid ;i liif*!> tribute to the value of snort ;n the training; nf the soldier; to ihe Southern Counties' Crosscount v v Association, of which he was oresidoni. Jie said:""We can claim to have done a deal of good to the Army, indeed, to the manhood of the British Empire, aud with the unquestional-ie .500.1 there is not a particle of evil mixed. Games have been used to devoiop nerves, muscles, aud wits, so that a recruit is a better man-at-arm? with full command of himself and ."lis weapons. and consequently a morn efficient fighter. Hard to kill, impossible to defeat: that is what iur men are. whether from the Honshu] or overseas. , Our power to -via is immored. not .hindered bv the :i;h]eti? sports and panics."
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16119, 25 January 1918, Page 9
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