"HONOURS"
Sir, —Possibly one of your many readers will bo good enough to enlighten me as to the following:—An officer is twice mentioned in dispatches, besides recommended for promotion, by his Brigadier-General. No notice whatever is taken of these recommendations by the oTßcer with whom rests the power of promotion, oi\the .bestowal of any honours. I would ask why? Who, Sir, should be the most cojnpetent judge, the General under whom the officer works, and knows all, or the other General, who simply knows what he is told? Privately, a reason has been given Mr. . For the sake of our boys at the front, I trust it may not be the real one.—l am etc., J. H. DAVIES.
Woodville, January 27, 1917. [The final decision in such a case would rest with the General Officer commanding, who would, consider the recommendations that had reached him from all his brigadier-generals. Probably ho would bo compelled to make a selection from among tho officers recommended to him for promotion or decoration, since the number of names placed before him would be large. Obviously, the General would have to guard against a glut of senior officers.]
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2990, 30 January 1917, Page 6
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193"HONOURS" Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2990, 30 January 1917, Page 6
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