The Quarterly Review, Volumes 270-271William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1938 |
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Page 54
... brevet system was mainly responsible not only for the early advancement of the generals of 1914 but also for the stagnation of promotion in the higher ranks since the War . I shall try to explain how this occurred and to prove that ...
... brevet system was mainly responsible not only for the early advancement of the generals of 1914 but also for the stagnation of promotion in the higher ranks since the War . I shall try to explain how this occurred and to prove that ...
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... Brevet - Lieut . - Colonel . On the other hand , the award of a Brevet - Lieut . - Colonelcy has far- reaching results ; for if and when the officer is promoted Colonel his seniority on the Colonels ' list is dated four years from the ...
... Brevet - Lieut . - Colonel . On the other hand , the award of a Brevet - Lieut . - Colonelcy has far- reaching results ; for if and when the officer is promoted Colonel his seniority on the Colonels ' list is dated four years from the ...
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... brevet Lieut . - Colonelcies bestowed indiscriminately in war time . The last such promotion was made as recently as 1937 . The high places taken on the Colonels ' list by such officers made a further complication . Although owing to ...
... brevet Lieut . - Colonelcies bestowed indiscriminately in war time . The last such promotion was made as recently as 1937 . The high places taken on the Colonels ' list by such officers made a further complication . Although owing to ...
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