Sir Stanley Maude and other memories . rd for thebetter working of the soldiers canteens which have beensuch scandals. In South Africa when he commandedMethuens Horse in 1884-5, when Deputy Adjutant-Generalin 1888, when General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Governor of Natal in 1909, he did his utmost to alterthe very faulty existing methods of management and to getthem on a sound working basis, so as to be a blessing and aboon to the Tommies. Originally these institutions were intended for the benefitof the troops and not for profiteers, the idea being that themen would, and should, b
Sir Stanley Maude and other memories . rd for thebetter working of the soldiers canteens which have beensuch scandals. In South Africa when he commandedMethuens Horse in 1884-5, when Deputy Adjutant-Generalin 1888, when General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Governor of Natal in 1909, he did his utmost to alterthe very faulty existing methods of management and to getthem on a sound working basis, so as to be a blessing and aboon to the Tommies. Originally these institutions were intended for the benefitof the troops and not for profiteers, the idea being that themen would, and should, be able to get what they want at littleover cost price, and without having to go far afield to look fortheir requirements. The small profit made being to go tothe future good of the canteens themselves. There has beentoo much private enterprise in canteen management, andbitter are the complaints that have been poured into myears. I have even heard vows of vengeance. The men areso helpless, especially in war time, when every other place. METHTEN AND OTHER MEMORIES 287 where they can buy anything is placed out of in this European war the scandals have been loudand long as one man expressed it to me. Quartermasters and sergeants have been known to feathertheir nests at the soldiers expense, and out of their miserable pay-Lord Leverhulme, at that time Sir William Lever, and thelate Sir Richard Burbidge amongst others, were asked toenquire into the latest scandals ; it was hoped that businessmen might be able to locate the trouble and place thecanteens on proper footings. Then followed more trouble,as military folk not usually endowed with great businesscapabilities resented any poking and prying into what theyconsidered their business, and business methods of gettingto the bottom of ever5rthing were objectionable ; so it wasdecided to tell these good business men that while appreciat-ing their efforts and acumen it was not desirable to furtherrequis
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