THE "AUSSIE."

Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1919, Page 5

THE "AUSSIE."

JENEFITS FROM THE WAR, EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES. -THE DEMOBILISATION COMPLETE®, By Telegraph .—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Nov. 14, 9.15 p.m. London, Nov 12 General Sir W. Birdwood, and Generals Monash, McGlynn and Wisdom, together with 250 other Australian officers find men, with many dependents, are .wiling for Australia on board the Ormonde on Saturday The Australian Press Association interviewed General Monash, who said: — "I am jolly glad to find myself on the eve of my departure. I have been away from home for five years, but the last nine months have been much more strenuous than the four years of war Demobilisation proved a stupendous task. It would be difficult enough in peace time with the help of a trained staff to transport a city of two huudred thousand people to the Antipodes in nine months. We succeeded in completing the bulk oi the. embarkation in eight months. "In enlisting the sympathy of the-men I followed the principle which animated me throughout the war, based on the experience that if you give an Australian a fair deal he will do anything in the world for you. The mutual confidence of men and officers was the bedrock of the success of the Australians in the war. One was almost tempted to think that as against the terrible losses Australia suffered there were very substantial benefits in the moral uplift and vast educational experiences gained by the young men of Australia."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.