An item reported that during the meeting of the maritime and military commission at Brussels after a statement of general Maglinse chief of the general staff decided was with 25 against 2 votes to keep the navy.(1)
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1. This general was a year later on 22 January dismissed. See further the link http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bouw029kron01_01/bouw029kron01_01_1368.php#a1368 Henri Hector Maglinse (1869-1945) received in 1918 the US Army Distinguished Service Medal.