FROM COWSHED TO COMMAND.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3508, 10 June 1920, Page 2

FROM COWSHED TO COMMAND.

',.R().\.l;\l‘CC.‘i.<l OF F.»\RM. H.-\ND WHO 1» B]u‘CAM.E A. MAJOR. i If “A(lmil'able Crichtonsn” are -2101 E 1111:-t with (.-\’(~l'_A\' d:l_v in rvui life. neithi or Ill'L‘ they collfilll.-d to the stage and ‘to :1 pluywx-ig}l‘r’s f:111t’:1sy, as in the icusv of Sir .l’:1111us Bari-io’.< 1”u111<m5 i butler. I Here is the case 01’ Hr, J. W. J. ‘Millar, for illst:lnc.o. Thil'tocn ye-.11-s 1 ago he loft his milking-stool at :1. farm i near Gl'ocllstc:ld, in Essex, to join the :11'1.11y. Now he has returned to that [5211119 <,fal‘ln :li:’t'Cl' «:1. \1‘()11121n-tic i.ntol'‘hide, «hiring which hc~'clilnbod to tho 1 rank of 1u:1j0r and won the D.S.O. and the D.C.M., besides being nioiitionod in dospatchcs. . In Noveniber, ].91~1, he went to iE‘l':lnCo :15 :1 111:1t:}1i11e-g'1111 .s'ol'g‘:-:1111‘ in tho Sller\\'oo(l 1“o1'0.'~'f(-1-s. He fought M NCIIVG.‘ Cliapollc, wliere ho was wouiidod three tilllos, and won his. first decol'£ltioll——l‘llo ])i.<tillglli.<hGd 001111111-1' M 0 <1 :11. 1 I in .1916, when (30111p:111y-sci'g0:111t‘-4 i1l1=!jfI1', hv \\‘:l.\' g1':11:t«‘:i :1 0(1111111is.<i11ia ‘for S€l'ViC(~)S in the field, and he rap- ‘ idly 1'<1.~:0 to the rank of" 1-:1]1t:1i11. ‘ 01111:‘ 11101-11 he w:l.~' 1-;mllld<‘d, and sllhseqiioiitly ho <1:11'11o<i tho i)istillgllisllmi E‘~el'vice (i)l*dol' .i:'m' I,ll'a\l'cl-‘vi \\'ilii(‘ 011111111:111(1i11_;;‘ :1 comp:uly. - \\'hcn ho T(.“(?€'i\'£‘«’_i his 1-x'mllutiml in fiohi H 1111; ho was 1111101-1.1 in vm11111:111d of :1 b:lti‘:liion of .‘~‘llol'\\'ml<l I'‘r.ll'(*.~'t‘l’-I‘.<. } .I)o2llol:liiisr%<i :1 short tirxio :1-Qll.’ hv is i’ nmv \.\':liting for his gl':ll*llii‘_\' 1n'i11:1t1*1'- ' ialise. then he hopes to sfart :1 litlfcl hnsiiicss of his own. l _M,.L'2ll]\\'ilil(‘ he h:1;< :*:‘(111'11e«i in thvg ’r':ll'nl \\‘h(\‘r(‘ hv \\'<'ll'ko(i in oh] (i:ly>'.i his c111]11()yCr being Ml‘. TC. S. .qch\\'ier.| WllO, :15 :1 pl'iv:ll‘p snl(iiol', also i"(lllg'ht 511111 w:l.~‘ woull<lr-1] :11 I\'on\'o ("11:1}1(‘11(‘. H11l)s0<1110111'1)' Ml‘. .\‘r*.il\\'it>l' (\\'h()jllill— up in 1914/1 \v.'ls (iisC}l:ll';;‘(‘d. 1111:] he thvn .<el'V(!d Hll'o<* years as :1 spm‘-i:1l c(nlst‘:l.b]o. Modmst and 1111:1.<s11n1ii1g_, My .\lilhll' 11:15 :1 good-hllllloul'mi smile -.llll] :1 .~":1'n11;‘ disillciill:ltion I'o talk. ’l‘iler<- is ImHli2lg_‘ in hifq 1113111101‘ (0 siiggost 1h:11' hi‘. has o\'or been 0111' of ro:lr'h of his (-m\'.<, that‘ he has (3O111111:1n<’i0J men in <'El'<'llllls’r:mc.es in whirh :1 <=l0:1r h:':lin. <*:111:1b](‘ 01° instant decision. 1111:! :1 omn11h‘1't- pers011:11 i1is‘1‘o_;‘:11'(l of d:111;:m-,! -.\‘nl*.- the (lu:l'lil‘io.~‘ <h1111:111ri0(i. I'll- - an A<'lmirzlble C-1-ichton in 10:11 life, he is also :1 fine-. type ‘bf that old British yooinan sfock. Mrs 3[ill:11' is mltil'el_\f homely and wi.‘rh few in-3 iol'«?:<fs= 011f.<i1ie the dolllo.’<iio :IfT:lil';< of hm‘ little TlOlllO.