THE DEFENCE FORCES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 201, 19 May 1908, Page 9

THE DEFENCE FORCES.

; OF ORDNANCE. % j , i , aniis Head/ R.A., who aW.'' v by" the Athcnio, i htsi;.du"il6d' as- Commandant of. tho Porfn'aneut .;Forc& aiid Director of Otxlnanco,-' wasin'tbrVicwed • by' 'a 'representativb, of Thh'.'. ■. DoitixroN'.'lsst' bvQhing: ■. -Mftjor Head is a: ' gelnal.tallcbr,- but tlic prbssiiiaii 'was • tillableV '• , ~to| driifc-ihim^phi relating to 1 d(> ''• ;; MrlimmtV: Oji'.gqilpral principles; of defon'co, : Jto|iTOverjv]ie? , 'ivasmorc communicative., •, irv-, |V-Ifrtnose-..were'.i)iy. Islands,!', lie said, "I * ~.Rhpulil -ask"iii^vsclf,-Jii'st.of all,';whether thoy ■ • ..puglit ioiibo-'dofeiided 01' iiotj' and, having ' -jiebidbd iny: rcspbnßibility cither 0110 vray or.', . thb'othor,:tht> next question would bo, how?" ■ TiiPi speaker;-front, on tp srty that if it ' ' .was decided to dpfond n country, it should bej done, thoroughly, tlibro shotild-bb no link-'" bring'on the. scoro.'.of. economy. A country, iiko New .Zealand Bhould certainly havp ado-' quatb.naval defence;-'i . Arc you a : believer in universal military •training? • '' : "•]- aim .What is -mare, if 1 tho Anglo- - . ' ..Saxon raco.does;not, sooner or' : lator, rcccsr- -; •,'niws'i the importcmco of this question, it' will" ' . |..bo' wiped out;":'. . .. ' : i ' ' ' Major-. Head,-' who is about forty-four yoara '' \ ,of | ago, entered the .-Royal Artillor'y iii'lSßG : * being gazetted lieutenant 011 Fobruary 18'ol c • that.,year. .Re gained his captaincy in Octo.;|)er,;, ISS.y, aiid.lin ; Octobiir, 10O4;"-«)t'"'hia^ majority -.Major Head wiw with the-lndiau - Npiih^West.afrontior'Force;iii^B(^-98, tsll j,v .jvitluthpi Tirah Expeditionary Force m Dwi. ' sional OrihiancC Officor (Socond- Division) ;. f /9m iNq¥owber, ; .1897, until January, 1808 .(modal with' twDVelasna). , .