FREE STATE ARMY
POSITION OF EX-SERVICE MEN.
(Received 10th May, 1 p.m.) LONDON, 9th May. The special correspondent of the Australian Press Association in Dublin states that^ the qeustion of the demobilisation of the Free State Army is causing' grave concern among ex-British service men in Ireland. Sixty per cent, of the National Army fought toy the Empire in the Great War, and it is reported that the Free Stato Government proposes to demobilise exactly that proportion at 1 the earliest moment. It is rumoured thai the ex-soldiers will be the first to go. The appointment of General Murphy to the Chief Commissionership of the Dublin police gives colour to the rumour. General Murphy is a young man —he is 31 years of dge and was a colonel in the British Army, winning the D.S.O. and M.C. in the tield. He is the only real soldier in the higher command of the Free State Army. While the Army Council could not afford to do without him during the fighting he is a constant thorn in its side. His appointment to an ornamental post is regarded as a clever move to get rid of him. ' The Gaelic League Party is now in supreme command of the army. Its ideals, expressed repeatedly by Mr. Mulcahy, are hardly the ideals of the British Army, and ex-British soldiers are hardly the men to carry them out.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 110, 10 May 1923, Page 7
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232FREE STATE ARMY Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 110, 10 May 1923, Page 7
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