THE NATION'S THANKS TO THE FORCES
SIR. LLOYD GEORGE'S SPEECH London, October 30. Continuing his speech to tho motion of thanks to tho naval and military end munition forces for their war services (the first porton of which was reported yesterday), Mr. Lloyd Gcorgo said that there was not an ocean, a sea, a bay, or an estuary used for commerce which was not patrolled by tho British Navyj and tho danger of the task was proclaimed by the casualties, which, proportionately, had been equal to thoso of tho Army. Yet, through all, the command of thp sea had boon maintained. Turning to the Army, llr. Lloyd George said tho Expeditionary Forces had increased from 160,000 to over throo millions by tho end of November, 1914. France vwis sayed, but there this hardly a man left of tho old Army. Tho resolution was carried unaniminS the House of Lords, Lord Curzon eaid that Canada had sent 350,000 men, Australia 300,000 men, Now Zealand 1"0,000, and South Africa 60,000. India s contribution in tho same resnecte Md been remarkable, for it had provided troops, for. a much larger number ot theatres of war.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 32, 1 November 1917, Page 5
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194THE NATION'S THANKS TO THE FORCES Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 32, 1 November 1917, Page 5
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