THE IDEAL OFFICER.
A private, writing in the "Spectator 7 ’ on the relationship between between-young officers and their men, says justice, patience, /endurance, and eourage are the qualities the men admoro most in their officers. "Dash and daring are admired for what they are worth, but the brave officer who is not also just never wins the hearts of his men They despise weakness —especially the kind of weakness that is afraid to punish when wrong has been comraitted. They hate an officer w r ith a truculent manner, no matter what great qualities this manner may in part conceal. They despise affection and "swank.’ And the unforgivable sin is for an officer to be overheard groosingThey themselves grouse; all of us grouse; but we do not mean half we' say. But if an officer grouses wc lose heart; our faith in him diminishes, and we bagin to distrust ourselves/’
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Taihape Daily Times, 18 July 1918, Page 3
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150THE IDEAL OFFICER. Taihape Daily Times, 18 July 1918, Page 3
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