MAJOR MADOCKS INTERVIEWED.
Auckland, May 27.
Major Madocks arrived from Sydney on Saturday. Major Madocks remains in Auckland pending the arrival of Colonel Pen ton, who is expected here on the 2nd prox., and will, in the meantime, assist Colonel White in the forthcoming military arrangements. Major Madocks, interviewed, gave it as his opinion that it would take at least twelve months longer to settle affairs in South Africa, It was altogether a difficult job, and it would be necessary to keep attacking the Boers till all hostile bodies were suppressed. Although there were 210,000 British troups in the field, the majority were infantry, and not much use for clearing the country. What is wanted is more mounted men. No volunteers should remain in the field longer than twelve months. They weary of the work and strain. With regard to hospital treatment, under the circumstances there was little or no reason for complaint. At Bloemfontein fully 6000 men were down, chiefly with enteric. Major Madocks declined to enter into conversation about the Rensburg affair, considering quite enough had been said about it.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 7 June 1901, Page 3
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182MAJOR MADOCKS INTERVIEWED. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 7 June 1901, Page 3
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