Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 186W. Blackwood, 1909 - England |
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Page 32
... Officers of our own Auxiliary Forces who have seen the Swiss troops at work have expressed their opinion thus : " How far superior is this to anything that we have , barring our Regulars , of course ; but give us British officers the ...
... Officers of our own Auxiliary Forces who have seen the Swiss troops at work have expressed their opinion thus : " How far superior is this to anything that we have , barring our Regulars , of course ; but give us British officers the ...
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... officer , a military officer , and a medical man . The civil officer will take the lad's declaration that he does not already belong to the Navy or Regular ... officers of the Regular Army 1909. ] Training in the New Territorial Force . 33.
... officer , a military officer , and a medical man . The civil officer will take the lad's declaration that he does not already belong to the Navy or Regular ... officers of the Regular Army 1909. ] Training in the New Territorial Force . 33.
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... officers shall be given only to persons who have either been through the recruit- training or have held commis- sions in the Regular Army . This is only common - sense ; all pass through Woolwich or Sandhurst , where they are thoroughly ...
... officers shall be given only to persons who have either been through the recruit- training or have held commis- sions in the Regular Army . This is only common - sense ; all pass through Woolwich or Sandhurst , where they are thoroughly ...
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... officers and non - commissioned officers to carry out the recruit train- ing , the additional cost , over that of our present system , will not exceed four millions a - year . This is not too great a sum to pay for a reform that shall ...
... officers and non - commissioned officers to carry out the recruit train- ing , the additional cost , over that of our present system , will not exceed four millions a - year . This is not too great a sum to pay for a reform that shall ...
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... officers the moment that he appeared before them . Cast in one of nature's generous moulds , he was just the man to fill a surplice to admiration and to overflowing . He displayed at the outset that diffident and bashful manner which ...
... officers the moment that he appeared before them . Cast in one of nature's generous moulds , he was just the man to fill a surplice to admiration and to overflowing . He displayed at the outset that diffident and bashful manner which ...
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