ARMY EFFICIENCY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 524, 3 June 1909, Page 5

ARMY EFFICIENCY.

— —' MANCHURIAN EXAMPLES. THE EFFORTS OF SIR lAN HAMILTON. HE JOINS ARMY COUNCIL. (HI 7Et«EGltAl'tl — PItESS ASSOCIATION—COPtUIOnt,) . . (Rcc. June 2, 10 p.m.) ' London, Juno 2. • General Sir lan Hamilton has been appointed Adjutant-General of the Forces and Second Military Member of the. Army Council, vice Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Douglas. . ■ In a remarkable farewell order in relinquishing the Southern District command, General Hamilton recalls his efforts to impart to tho. troop 3 . tho pitli of his experience as representative of the Indian Army at the war in - Manchuria. Ho says ho has endeavoured especially , to influchco tho cavalry against tho practico in peaco of unreal tactics, and- to -encourage the artillery to perfect themselves in tho uso of concealed positions. Whatever progress has been realised is due to tho. sympathy of. all ranks with his underlying aim, namely, preparedness and efficiency for war.

[General Sir lan Hamilton, K.C.8..D.5.0., was born at Corfu, January 16, 1853, and is the son of Colonel C. Hamilton. He was educated at Cheam and Wellington Collego, entered the Army in 187*2, and served in the Afghan War, tho 1881 campaign in South Africa, tho Egyptian and Sudan campaigns, in Burma, Chitral, and Tirah. At, the beginninK of thoßoor War he distinguished himself at Elandslnarrto and Lad.vsmith, and served under Lord Roberts in the advance upon Johannesburg. Ho returned to England in January,. 1901, to become • Military Secretary, to Lord Roberts, and on November 0 went out again -as Chief of Staff to Lord Kitchener. On April 23, 1903, ho was appointed Quarter-master-General. Ho was sent to Manchuria in 1904 to represent the Indian A'rmyin the war, and commanded the- Southern Military. District, 1005-8. He has the First Class of the Order of tho Prussian Crown, the Red Eagle, tho Spanish Order of Military Merit, and tho Grand Cordon of tho Saorcd Treasure (Japdn).]