Somervell commented that "He was so tired of making plans that he knew to be right, to find that the Government always thought they knew better than the man on the spot".
Somervell kommentierte das wie folgt: „Er war es leid, Pläne zu machen, von denen er wusste, dass sie richtig waren, und jedes Mal zu erleben, dass es die Kolonialverwaltung besser wusste als der Mann vor Ort“ („He was so tired of making plans that he knew to be right, to find that the Government always thought they knew better than the man on the spot“).