The following Army Order was Aasued this evening:—"Tho Army Council, on the melancholy occasion of the death of Picld-Marshal Earl Haig, desire to place on record their sense of the heavy loss which the Army and the Empire have sus-
"The late Picld-Marshal had al: ready served in many campaigns with great distinction and had held high appointments, where he had opportunities of training troops whom he subsequently commanded in the Great War. As Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, ko bore through four long. years the heaviest burden which has ever been carried by a British idler in the history of the Empire. He led the forces of the En pire to victory and placed his cons trymen under a debt of gratitude which is fully acknowledged now. and, the Council are persuaded, will no less be fully recognized by' sueceeding generations.
"Always studious of the welfare of the troops under his command in the field, since the War devoted without stint his time and great energy to promoting the interests of those who had risked their employment, health, and lives in the service of their King. He has left to the Army an imperish-fable memory and to the Empire a glorious example."
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