Bless 'Em All!
"NJO science was required, no service, no previous experience whatsoever; the boy, let loose from school last week, might in the course of a month be a Field Officer . . . it was no uncommon thing for a commission to be obtained for a child in the cradle; and when he came from college, the fortunate youth was at least a Lieutenant of some standing by dint of fair promotion. To sum up this catalogue of abuses, commissions were, in some instances, bestowed upon young ladies." The Duke of York, in ‘clearing up this particular scandal, sent out a circular in March, 1795, asking for an immediate return of the number of captains in each regiment under twelve years of age, and, lieutenant-colonels under the age of eighteen. We had been at war with France for a little over three years-Zom Wintringham.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 169, 18 September 1942, Page 13
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143Bless 'Em All! New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 169, 18 September 1942, Page 13
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