PORTSMOUTH BARRACKS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81912, 27 December 1906, Page 2

PORTSMOUTH BARRACKS.

—... —o , THE NEW COMMANDER. A MANLY~ADDKESS. ' Eecciyed 26, 10.21 p.m. London, December 96. Commander Galloway, in a general 4 memorandum, notes a considerable improvement m the personal appearance, alertness and general smartness of his new comrades, He says ke feels the most perfect coniidence in their manh* ' ness to assist him and Sinclair in malting Portsmouth barracks tbe first naval depot in the world. Ho will consider every individual under his command us especially under his protection, and therefore shielded in justice, He has no partiality to one body of men mora than another. The touchstone of all • his acts in the defence of the country will be reparation for war, and whether tho man be a blue-jacket, stoker or marine, ho regards all equal as warriors. J Yesterday Portsmouth was quiet. It | is hoped the issue of tho memo will ,'<L remove any misunderstanding. Jj The memo stated the addresses every man without tion, as he well knows that among so-called bad characters, many only made a slip or two, or havo a spice of " devil" in them, whom he is only too glad to have him where ham blows are be^^^l dealt> —____»_