SOUTH AFRICA.
DEFENCE BILL. THE PROPOSALS EXPLAINED. ByTelegriph-Trcss Aejochtian-CoDjriglil (Kcc. February 25, 5.5 p.m.) Cape Town, February 21. General Smuts, in moving the second reading of the Defence. Bill, emphasised dm fact that the force was not liable to .service outside South Africa. It was, He said, proposed to form u citizen force of twenty-four thousand, with a yearly levy of 1000 to replace those going (o (lie reserve. It was intended to establish an instruction school at' liloenifontein to train officers. The scheme would come into operation in January, 1913. The annual cost would be .£1,172,000, being an increase of .8320,000 on the present outlay. The newspapers report that there is growing opposition in the back veldt to the Del'enco Bill, with compulsory training.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1373, 26 February 1912, Page 5
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125SOUTH AFRICA. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1373, 26 February 1912, Page 5
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