IMPORTED ARMY OFFICERS.
HOSTILE AUSTRALIAN MOTION. ~Py ■ . (Rec. December 6, 10 p.m.), Melbourne, December G. In the Senate to-day Senator M'Dougall, of "New South 'Wales,, moved that as a. matter of national polioy the Australian citizen army should bo entirely composed of Australians, and led by officers raised from the ranks; but that the engagement of an Imperial officer of general rank as an. Inspector-General should be allowed. Mr. M'Dougall declared that, the imported English officers had a whole-hearted contempt for the Australian officers, and every imported officer, meant that an Australian lost his chance of promotion. Senator Pearce, Minister for Defence,, said he ( did not oppose the motion, beoauso it'expressed what -was being carried out. He explained that the imported officers were exchanges. He had been told that immense benefit had been derived by exchanges. The debate waa adjourned.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1617, 7 December 1912, Page 5
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140IMPORTED ARMY OFFICERS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1617, 7 December 1912, Page 5
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