GENERAL'S POST

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23882, 9 August 1939, Page 9

GENERAL'S POST

EVACUATION "NURSE" SIR HUBERT GOUGH WORK FOR FIELD-MARSHAL (United Press Association) 'By Electric Telegraph —Copyright) LONDON. Aug. 2. General Sir Hubert Gough, commander of the Fifth Armv in the Great War, will, in the "next war," take charge of mothers and children when they leave Fulham School to be evacuated. Sir Hubert told the Daily Telegraph that he had in vain offered his services to Mr Chamberlain and to the air raid defence Minister, Sir John Anderson. " Later," he said, " the Ministry of Labour inquired whether I was a good cook or knew anything about children. I replied that I could cook eggs and bacon and make tea, but was unfamiliar with children. " They sent on the dossier to the London County Council, which asked whether I possessed commonsense and level-headedness in a crisis. "I have now been enrolled to help evacuate children." Sir Hubert Gough, who is, now 69, commanded the Fifth Army from 1916 to 1918, during which it fought in many big battles. He was recalled after the retreat at the beginning of the final German offensive. Many years later, Mr Lloyd George, who was Prime Minister in 1918, completely vindicated him. The Westminster City Council has agreed to enrol Field-Marshal Lord Milne, commander of the British Salonica Force in the Great War, and Chief of the Imcerial General Staff from 1926 to 1933, as an air raid warden, provided that he undergoes training and passes an examination. The Westminster Council, like the Air Ministry, had previously declined offers from Lord Milne to serve in any capacity. He is now id.