CONDUCT OF OUR TROOPS.
PREMIER'S HIGH PRAISE. UNPRECEDENTED SOBRIETY. BRITAIN'S WAR STRENGTH. (Received November 17, 9.30 p.m.) London, November 16. Mr. Asquith, in the House of Commons, denied that 30 to 40 per cent, of the British soldiers were suffering from preventable diseases from drink and other causes. Careful inquiries showed that 10 to 15 per cent, covered all sickness. He believed there had never been a body of men comporting themselves so well and showing such regard for sobriety and decency of conduct as the British troops on the Continent. There were now 1,100,000 men in the regular army, apart from 200,000 territorials, but they were not enough.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15769, 18 November 1914, Page 7
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