A NEW APPOINTMENT.
“MESSING ADVISER” TO WAR OFFICE. REFERENCE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. PEESS ASSOCIATION -COPTEIGHT.J LONDON, May 10. In tlie House of Commons, in reply to Mr. P. A. Clive, Mr. F. D. Acland, Financial Secretary to the War Office, stated that the first holder of the new office of messing adviser to the War Office, at a salary of £3OO per annum, would be Colonel Morgan, a retired officer. He further explained', in reply to an additional question, that Colonel Morgan would be invited to retire as the result of the Butler Committee and the finding of the Royal Commission •which was appointed at the close of the Boer war. No corruption had been found against Colonel Morgan, who was ordy guilty of undoubted culpability under the army regulations, but as he was a very able man and better qualified than anyone else to do the work, there was ho reason why he should not he employed.
Mr. Clive: Are not there- others qualified who have not been found in any wav culpable? (Cheers.) "Mr. Acland 1 : No. That is exactly the point. (Ironical Opposition laughter.) Colonel Morgan, he added, was an officer of exceptional ability, and hei felt he could do the work better than jxijone else. ADVERSE CRITICISM. (Received May 11, 11.40 p.m.) LONDON, May 11.
The “Daily News” fails to see why Colonel Morgan should be especially selected for a, remunerative, responsible, and administrative post.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3216, 12 May 1911, Page 5
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241A NEW APPOINTMENT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3216, 12 May 1911, Page 5
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