LORD FISHER.
THE "KITCHENER OF .THE NAVY" :' • - RETIRES. ': .'-V By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyrieht, ;. . (l{ec.; January ] 25, 10.25. p.m.) ..: ~: . ; ' , . London, January 25. . ' Lord Fisher of iffilverstono '; (formerly Admiral of -.tho. Fleet Sir created a Peer last November) retires, today from ;tho; post. of First. -Lord • of the Admiralty, in which he .is . succeeded by Admiral .of the ' Fleet'. Sir Arthur. ICny>vet;Wilson;":.'; ;. [Lord,. Fisher :of .Kilverstohe'wns-in the Crimean War., In the, oourse of a' long career in, : the Navy: ] ]0 beoame possessed; of . both-;, theoretical,: and ' practically.Vexperience.- is' olaimed that, his ad-; ministrative,skill'is!unequalled..:;He is a master of gunnery; and has, at one time or, another,; held almost .every; important Sosition: in; tho Navy afloat /or.' ashore, [e. was:, orio. of the three who drew up tho Army Koform Scheme, no- has been named by. Lord Rosebery "the Kitchener of tho Navy."]. '■. ...
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 7
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138LORD FISHER. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 7
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