SOLDIERS UP-TO-DATE
BRITISH ARMY NOW HAS IMPROVED OUTLOOK LORD THOMSON’S VIEW British Official If ireless RUGBY, Sunday. Lord Thomson, Secretary of State for Air, in replying to the toast of the Forces of the Clown at the Royal Academy banquet last evening, said no human being could foresee what the development of armaments would be. One might be dismayed to think the machine might outstrip the human spirit. The soldier, sailor and airman of today nere vastly different from the men wto joined the forces 40 years ago. They had a different outlook. Many »ere highly skilled technicians. They had to be men capable of controlling their nervous systems under peculiaily appalling conditions. They were not conscripts, nor were chey mercenaries. They were citizens who had adopted the great profession of arms and were prepared and anxious to live up to their high calling. They were waiting with quiet confideuce for any trials which might come.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 964, 6 May 1930, Page 9
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156SOLDIERS UP-TO-DATE Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 964, 6 May 1930, Page 9
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