NEW PLANS FOR BRITISH ARMY
Rcecivcd Fridav, 11.20 p.m. LOXDOX, .July 12. Xew plans to muke Ihe Britisli Army •'thc most dcinocrat ic in thc world,'' arc at prcscnt bcing fornmlatcd by tlic War Oliicc. Among inany considera tions will be a method to cnsure tliat no suitablc niau is jireventcd from taking a commission in a first-class regimenl bccause he lacks private mcans. Beforc thc war, a Guards orliccr, for cxamplc, liad to have a jnivato income wcll in cxc.ess of his army pay, in order to meot mcssing and other living e.xjienses con sidcrcd csscntial to kccp up his posi tion. Thc Sccretarv for War, Mr. J. J. Lawson, is considoring limiting thc. .iiiiount any army otlicer shall be aHow cd to sjicnd in the mess.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 July 1946, Page 5
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