COLONIAL ARMIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 619, 23 September 1909, Page 7

COLONIAL ARMIES.

_ 4_- , TRAINING OF OFFICERS. OPPORTUNITY AT BTAFF COLLEGE. .. NEW ARMY~ORDER. .-.,'. (Bj Telcttraph'.-rren Aniioclallnn.-Ooijjrlshl.l (Rcc. September 22, 9.35 p.m.) , London,' September 22. . "An Arniy Order, issued in substitution for No. 233 of 190b', details tho organisation and functions of the Imperial General Staff. It is provided that any officer, below the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, who docs not hold a Staff College certificate, but is considered specially, qualified for service on tho General Staff, or in the field, may. bo teat to the Staff College for a year without having to pass tho entrance examination. ; Appointments to British and colonial local Staffs will bo made upon tho recommendation of the General Staff, and will be submitted for tho King's approval.

; The "Pair Mall Gazette" says: Tho growth of tho colonial armies, will necessitate some modification, but for tho present it seems certain that colonial officers will wolcome.:tho idea of graduating from tho English Staff College. AUSTRALIAN SERVICE SCHEME. V COMPULSORY CLAUSES.'" : ' Melbourne, September 22. Tho Defence Bill introduced by the Federal Government provides for compulsory military training between the ages of. 12 and 14, up to 18 years of; ago' for senior cadets, and from 18 to 20 for tho citizen forces. '..' The'citizen naval .forces are. to bo divided into militia, volunteers, and reserves, and the' citizen ,military forces',-into..-active and ■reserve. • . ; It is proposed to limit the application of tho,| compulsory clauses to the more populated areas at. first. . Employers preventing Hheir employees from rendering persona l , service aro liable-to a penalty of: £100.v