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colonel bell's opinion. old-time methods must be Swept away. TbT TILEGBAPH — PBESS ASSOCIATION.] . HAMILTON* This Day. Colonel Allen Bell, lately in command of the mounted forces of this district, and who was one of the first to advocate the universal military movement in New Zealand, when interviewed on the recent Waikato camps, said they surpassed his fondest hopes. If the results attained in other districts were like those obtained here, all objections to the system would be quickly dispelled. The time had come for radical in the 'old-time army methods. Fancy uniforms consisting of frock coats, yards of gold lace, and cocked hats, with feathers, which look very pretty on a lady, but made a soldier look effieminate and ridiculous, must be swept out of existence, with many other customs that had been handed down from the dark ages.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 74, 27 March 1912, Page 7
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141SUCCESSFUL CAMPS Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 74, 27 March 1912, Page 7
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