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HIGHLY EFFICIENT DRAFTS

LETTEK FROM GENERAL GODLEY. General Sir Alexander Godley, in a letter to Colonel U. F. C. Campbell, Coast Defence Commander, Wellington, written on his way to England, pays higli tribute to tho efficiency of our. troops in France. "The infantry reinforcements which have reached us in France," ho says, "are quite up to the standard set by tho previous drafts, and if . the coming reinrorcements have tho same liiglf efficiency us those in Franco now, they will bo quite satisfactory." The artillery reinforcements," continues Sir "-Alexander Ciodley, "are doing excellent worki and have developed into an exceptionally line body. Since their arrival in Franco they luwo all attended a big artillery instruction camp, with the result that they now possess combination, speed, and accuracy, the three greatest attributes to tho perfect gun team." General. Godley expresses his appreciation of tho bffi- . cors in Now Zealand, who are responsible for the very thorough training and equipment which tho New Zealand troops havo, received during their sojourn at Trentham apd Featherston._ The writer concludes a very interesting letter by expressing the hope that ■ more artillery would be sent from New Zealand in the I future. '

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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2841, 4 August 1916, Page 5

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HIGHLY EFFICIENT DRAFTS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2841, 4 August 1916, Page 5

HIGHLY EFFICIENT DRAFTS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2841, 4 August 1916, Page 5

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