THE DEFENCE COMMISSION.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11476, 2 March 1918, Page 5

THE DEFENCE COMMISSION.

(Per Prone Associate.) Christchurch, March 1. Before the Defence Commission, Major W O. Morrison, general staff officer, si id in his opinion New Zealand \v?.s not getting anything like value from the tend torial force for the money spent on it. Through various causes one-third of the value of tbe training was lost. He expounded a method hy which a trained force would emerge from tbe Territorials each year. He favoured district camps. Lient. a.G. McDonald, Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, said he thought more reciprocity shonld obtain between the supply officers in tbe various districts. When he saw the likelihood of a scarcity of carbide he sent advice to Wellington. The price then was £3O per ton. When the reply came it had risen to £GO.

Other evidence was g iven referring chiefly to the delay at Headquarters in dealing with requisitions, some of which were months old.