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1916 - 0911.PDF
'< ER It), 1916. " I SHOULD perhaps also have mentioned Sir Maurice Hankcy, Secretary Of the War Committee, to whom we are very considerably indebted for the first suggestion that some thing of this kind should be tried." THUS—the italics are ours—Mr, Lloyd George, in the Commons last week upon the subject of to whom unlii is due for the original putting forward the idea of the " Tanks " for strahng the Huns. It is quite conceivable tli.n Mr. Lloyd George is correct in his statement that the sugges tion they should be tried came from Sir Maurice "The Munstei for War should assuredly be in the position to know But what we, and most people are concerned alum! is who was the man to lay originally the whole scheme -drawings, details and suggestions all complete IK'fore the powers that be in J914 soon after the start of hostilities. What is wanted is names in conjunction with dates. " PLIGHT " has already given his name, so there is no need to repeat u now Possibly, as Secretary of State for War, Mr. Lloyd George has not tin- same opportunities of perusing our j>age,s as he had as Munitions Minister, but it might be worth his while to have a glance at " PLIGHT " of September Jist, page 8oj, and then make a few inquiries in the right quarter. THEORETICALLY, according to the usual irresponsible Parliamentary Ministerial babble, pensions follow auto matically tlie break-up or permanent invaliding out of our gallant men who joined up to fight the common ene.mv • >! the world. In practice the result is ghastly. Truly, it's about time a single Pensions Authority was appointed if cases on a par with the one quoted below are as common as it is alleged by Sir Frederick Milner, in a letter of indictment issued public! v this week Sir Frederick, who to no sentimentalist. after quoting MOM horrible experience* of our pool mail heroes, gives the following as " another »h>* Wing (M >o ,!" Navy " : " A young fellow earning 50*. a week as chant< enlisted. Hts employer, who had him in yeam, states he was never tick or Horry. The local doctor who knows him well, said lie was as sound as a bell when ht enhsteu 11. joined the Royal Air Service, and contracted consumption He was awarded the handsome pension ..1 3s. 64. a week for titter months, or a magnificent total of i.M What an indictment of official ineptitude ami national appreciation of our fighting men • m m WON or K if an " alibi clock " has anything to do with li raids in combination with suniniei time changes am! vagaries of street and house lighting. A solmtm m a case at the Stratford Police Court the other day described the n») article thusly: "Some people tell the Una t>\ an alibi dock : it strikes twelve, the hands point to half-past fern and the right time is seven." A SIGN of the " coming of the aeroplane " ia to be found in .01 incident which on unci l.i-1 Itiday On that day the Stores Department at the Red Cross Headquarters in Pall Mall received an urgent request for an oil immersion leu a microscope in a hospit.d Moratory a1 < -it.ii-. 1 no boat available, the lens waa despatched bj MIOjIW, MM arrived both safely and 111 time. WHAT possesses the memento-hunting imbc< >le >n <' like the present to hunt for bits and pJaOM oonceruod with the Hun night marauders, and having secured some union * n H • • • * A" II ve •Com bination.—A Ma 1 tins\ ile lil- plane and. Inset, its pilot and pilot-owner, H, Nykesuml C. II. Stevens. Hykae has for some time paat been putting up won derful afunta on thia machine. Although bear ing the murks of a naaty aero- plane amaah e x per fenced early in the year, Stevens waa ao keen on flying aa to buy the machine snd learn to fly it under the tutorahlp of Sykes. R • • • • • • m • • • • • •••••• 907
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