APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS
WHO SHOULD GET THE COMMIS-SIO-NS?. It was suggested recently by Air. Mal--1 colm to tho Defence Minister that in or» f der to give tho .fullest possiblo opportun- > ' ity of promotion to able and experienced f men wl\o have been at the front for some [ time, he should cease to send - any more ofi fleers from . New Zealand; ' and arj ' range to havo tho troops taken to and • : - from the front by transport officers only. [. 'The Hon. J. Allen (Minister of De- } - fence) has replied to the suggestion as ' Follows:—Under present arrangements oliij-., are sent forward with reinforcement )' ■ /..'drafts at a minimum rate of one officer !lo forty men, which is the scale laid i down by the Imperial authoritios. It in / I not considered that increased efiicionc.v P :: !would be produced by. bringing the proj; • .posal into force; in fact, it is considered 1; that it would not be practicable.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2776, 20 May 1916, Page 6
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154APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2776, 20 May 1916, Page 6
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