CAPTAIN KNYVETT.
Catpain Knyvett, who has been dismiased from the service, was charged on four counts with having committed an act to the prejudice of good order and discipline in that in a letter to the Minister for Defence he made use of the following expressions:—!. "Preventing any possibility of a scandal leaking out to the public of the want of tact and interference of the Chief of the General Staff." 2. "I have documents in my possession which, if published, would have created a grave scandal in volunteering throughout the whole Dominion." 3. "Since these articles \ , appeared I have been approached by ' many officers throughout the whole of the North Island who have had similar experiences of the unwarranted interference unexampled officialism of Colonel Robin." 4. "It seems to me that the Chief of the General Staff has personally gone out of his way to belittle, dipcouraze and'damp the enthusiasm of the whole volunteer movement."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9685, 8 January 1910, Page 5
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156CAPTAIN KNYVETT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9685, 8 January 1910, Page 5
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