WAR HISTORY
LONG AND EXPENSIVE TASK
BRITAIN SPENDS £200,000
LONDON, June 30. 'Although' the British Official War History, has-thus far taken 14 years to ivvrite at : a cost of'£2oo,ooo, and although'.'Cabinet' will be .asked in the Commons how much more it intends to spend,-.-and, whether economy ?is possible, Biutain’s* progress in compilation lias been, .compared with other counries, efficient,and rapid. ; The'final volume will he readv in 1038. '• •• Australia Ikis spent £IOO,OOO on an extraordinary work giving exhaustive personal details. 'Canada has also spent largely and ! has . .produced one volume. Germany has engaged 100 exnerts^units history, and lias printed eight volumes covering fAe period to the -erd of 1915. Aust-ra-Hungary, has. published three volumes. 1 Sir James Edmonds controls the British history, .arid heuhas six assistant for the military section 'and two' for aerial section. The labour of compiling the h story is almost incredible. Every Jiving man mentioned in , it- must'-he .consulted for hi-s. approval. * . *
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 July 1932, Page 8
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155WAR HISTORY Hokitika Guardian, 11 July 1932, Page 8
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