OUR OFFICER ARMY.
Apropos of militarism, the Palmerston Times says:—"Huge quantities of military supplies and equipment are reaching New Zealand, which must either be used or wasted, and the staffs in the chief military districts are being not decreased but augmented. Promotions are the order of the day, and three or four colonels are doing the work that one colonel and a captain found time to do before. There is no indication that there is greater actiA'ity amongst, the territorials than there was in pre-war days; indeed, the indications point all the other Avay. The mystery is in many cases to discover lioav so many well-paid heads are putting in their time. The One unquestionable thing is that the country is footing a Defence bill much in excess of that Avhieh Avas being paid prior to 1914. The only thing that the taxpayers knoAV nothing about is Avhat it all really is costing, and for precisely As-hat object."
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 45, Issue 13984, 21 November 1919, Page 5
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158OUR OFFICER ARMY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 45, Issue 13984, 21 November 1919, Page 5
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