WAR NOTES.
SLEEPING GENERAL. An amusing story of the capture of General Skarmonovitch. commanding the second Austrian division, appears in the Russian papers. That officer, it is stated, was extremely severe upon his subordinates, and when his chauffeur recently incurred his displeasure the general punished him so severely that he succumbed. His successor also suffered from the general's wrath, but he had his revenge. He was driving the general and his wife back to the front from a visit to headquarters, where they bad danced all night. . They went to sleep during the journey, and when they woke up they found themselves prisoners in the bands of the Russians. The chauffeur, taking advantage of their slumber and a foggy night, had driven them into the enemy's lines. WOMEN BEST ARMY COOKS. The work of the Woman's Legion lias demonstrated conclusively that trained women operating in their own sphere—particularly in the camp kitchens—are immensely superior to untrained men. Last August the employment of the first women cooks was sanctioned bv the War Office. The scheme was put forward by Lady Londonderry when the appalling wastefulness and inefficiency in the various camp kitchens became evident. One hundred women cooks, were taken. 'Twenty were installed at the Convalescent Hospital at Dartford Camp, and the plan was spread to Epsom, Eastbourne and Alnwick, and will lie to Blackpool, always with a marked improvement. At the Blackpool Convalescent Camp alone IUO women will be employed. : An Army School of Cookery at which women instruct has now been inaugurated for the training of military cooks who will serve at the front. Thirteen women are always engaged in this work.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 April 1916, Page 3
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