MILITARY TRAINING
OPPORTUNITIES LOST IN GREAT WAR. The more one knows of the Grea War the more valuable does the mea sure of conscription adopted by Britain appear, writes Captain Cyril Falls- ii the “Sunday Times.” I have been en gaged for longer than I care to reckon on military history. The factor whici haunts the student of the Great War and adds new melancholy to its trag edy, is that of training. Over and ovei again opportunities were missed and needless loss was suffered because offi cers and rank and file had not ingrain ed in them the instinct to do the right thing at the right time. This instinct icreated, in all but a limited number o exceptional men, only by instruction ir tactics and experience in the handling of weapons, incidentally, the excep tional men were mostly killed whil' showing others the way. In 1914-18 w< had some of the finest material in thworld, and the chief reason for ou’ failure to take full advantage of it warlack of training.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 June 1939, Page 7
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173MILITARY TRAINING Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 June 1939, Page 7
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