A BORN LEADER.

Shannon News, 27 April 1923, Page 4

A BORN LEADER.

TRIBUTE TO SIR ANDREW RUSSELL. (Received Thursday, 7 p.m.) LONDON, April 25. At the Anzac luncheon given by the Australian and New Zealand Club, General Sir lan Tlam'lton said Australia had a number of first class men who had gradually evolved under the strain of the long war, and they ought really to have been shining lights to guide our steps from the first hour of hostilities. “As atl linker and administrator, I doubt il we could improve on Sir John Monash, while for a born leader in the neld, cool, level-headed and intrepid, it would be hard indeed to surpass Sir Andrew Russell of New Zealand. The Imperial administration needs a good pick-me-up in the shape of fresh blood from the Dominions, and the Australians for their part, must play up.” “Don’t, for Heaven's salm, cut down places like Duntroon,” sa d Sir lan Hamilton. - He had seen most of the military colleges in the world, but none with l'airer prospects than Duntroon. “To stint it and then say you want to be commanded and staffed in the war by Australasians is really unfair to the rank and file.”