THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE RESIGNS.
London, June 21
In the House of Commons, Mr CampbellBannerman announced that the Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, resigns that position on October 1.
The Government then propose to introduce reforms on the lines of the Hartington Commission, embodying a less centralised and more elastic system, and the office of future commanders-in chief is to be greatly modified.
London, June 22,
Either Lord Wolseley, Lord Koborts, or the Duke of Connaught will succeed the Duke of Cambridge, but not the Duke of Connaught if Lord Rosebery remains in office.
London, June 23
The Pall Mall Gazette declares that the Duke of Cambridge resigned because the Government intimated that his retirement would facilitate reforms, but he and the Queen expected that it would not be accepted. V, .
.',.<: London, June 22. It is reported that Lord Wolseley succeeds the Duke of Cambridge.
Field-Marshal H.E.H; the Duke of Cambridge, first cousin to the Queen, was appointed Commander-in-Chief in 1856, on the resignation of Viscount Hardinge.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1217, 28 June 1895, Page 34
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