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... ■ MORE COMMISSIONS. Per Press Association. Wellington, October 3. “ In consequence of complaints from "fnen at the front that promotion is ,stamped by sending a full complement of officers with every draft,, more opportunity, is to be given to obtain commissions by men on active service. At present, liv'o. New Zealanders -per month take commissions in the Imperial Army. Six non-coms, come hf.ck for commissions here, and six obtain them at the front. General Godley will now send back- twelve officers per month for training with th 0 reinforcements. Previously, they have returned as non-coms., but will now return as officers. This, says the Minister of Defence, is to satisfy the continuous- demand from the front for more commissions.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 56, 3 October 1916, Page 3
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120New Zealand Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 56, 3 October 1916, Page 3
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