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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 267, 5 February 1941, Page 5

Democracy in the Army. "■Some of these English lads have 'thawed out' a bit and seem very decent. Still too much of the 'old school tie' in parts of the army though not our;:, thank God," wrote Lieutenant W. Anthony Whitlock, Hastings, shortly before passing-out of Sandhurst Military College with several other New Zealanders <wlV t a are being prepared for commissioned rank. "In an examination the - other daj r , although we do> not know the full marks, the New Zealanders - seem to have come out in the first - 10 per cent. The majority of the English cadets here, of-cou|^e, ; ,'^sr^...•<*. never held non-com missioned - The English idea of a democratic army does not seem to be quite the same as ours. Many of these Bnglish cadets are scarcely grown up; they're not very independent ex- - cept in matters of .money, and I can't help thinking of some of the line lads in our division who will never get the chance of becoming officers. There's no doubt that the colonial soldier is a very different •&&&* type from the English. He has more in common with the Scotch and the Irish, though."

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