A SULTAN AND HIS ARMY.
DISHONEST OFFICERS OUTWITTED. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyrlslit. Tangier,. November 20. Moorish officers are antagonistic to tho , proposed army reforms, as, if .carried out, the payment of the men would bo taken out of thoir hands. .''■'■•■■ A considerable portion of the army's rifles was.stolen by officers, but the Sultan recovered possession by ordering the troops at Fez to turn out for inspection. In order to make a show, and to conceal the fact that they had been drawing pay for more than they commanded, tho officers producod the stolen arms, and served them out to loafers, whom they bad hired to serve as soldiers for tho occasion. ■' When the army appeared at the palace the gates were closed, and the soldiers disarmed, to the great chagrin of the officers* ' .
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 980, 22 November 1910, Page 5
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132A SULTAN AND HIS ARMY. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 980, 22 November 1910, Page 5
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