DEFENCE DEPARTMENT.
CHRISTCHURCH, May 28. Replying to statements regarding the employment of returned soldiers in the Defence Department, Sir James Allen said it had been the policy of the department to give preference to capable and suitable returned soldiers of all ranks when filling positions in the department, and periodical purging had been made in respect of men not returned soldiers, and there had been no alteration recently in his policy. The recent speeding up in the matter of purging was due to the number of fit men arriving in the dominion and the greater number of Staff Corps and Permanent Staff positions becoming available. He added that General Richardson had not yet assumed his duties as officer in charge of tho administration.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3403, 4 June 1919, Page 26
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123DEFENCE DEPARTMENT. Otago Witness, Issue 3403, 4 June 1919, Page 26
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