GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON.
REVIEW OF TROOPS IN SYDNEY. SOME BUNDLING. Press Association—Telegraph—Copyright. Received February 16. 12.50 p.m. SYDNEY, February 16. The review of the metropolitan troops is unlikely to Have created a favourable impression upon Sir General lan Hamilton, who uas kept waiting five minutes before tho officers Mere aM’are that he had arrived. There M - as an embarrassing delay in arranging the troops for tho salute, and. the massed bands M - ere so far aM’ay that they acre hardly heard. The General expressed himself as pleased at tho M-ork of the men and the May they marched past, but said a ceremonial parade gave tho reviewing officer a chance of seeing liom- the officers handled tlie men, and they must not bo taken by surprise. A general must bo looked upon as an enemy, because he tried to pick holes in everything. The.v should be ready for him.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14218, 16 February 1914, Page 5
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150GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON. Wanganui Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14218, 16 February 1914, Page 5
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