A UNIFIED ARMY.
— 4 SPEECH BY LORD HALDANE. Bj Toleeraph—Preas Association—OoDjrlcht London, Juno 20. Lord Haldane, Secretary of State for War, in an address to 1400 colonials, including New Zcalandors, at the Duko of York's School, at Chelsea, said ho hoped General Sir W. Nicholson's (Chief of the General Staff) scheme would be elaborated after consultation with the chief colonial officers, and that the result would bo a unified army of Empire. The scheino would give tho overseas soldiers a cha ico of distinction, tho power of interchange and opportunities of becoming acquainted with what were tho highest military systems of Great Britain and other oountrics. His belief was that the foundations of Imperial defence had been well and truly laid, and this gave a lively sense that wo wero living in days full of hopo for the Empire.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1160, 22 June 1911, Page 5
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139A UNIFIED ARMY. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1160, 22 June 1911, Page 5
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