THE DEFENCE DEPARTMENT.
SHOULD BE FREE FROM "POLITICAL PL'U." "It is generally agreed that the selection of the Commanding Oflicer who control? the Defence Department," said the. j>rp«=i-de-nl of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce yestordny in his annual address, "hns been a- wise, one, and it is to ho hoped that he will be given a free hand, untrammelled by 'political pull, , so that Ihe creation of a standing army may prove such a perfect scheme as will give. New Zealand a thoroughly-efficient and well-trained body of men."
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1101, 13 April 1911, Page 4
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88THE DEFENCE DEPARTMENT. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1101, 13 April 1911, Page 4
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