THE DEFENCE SCHEME
COMMITTEE'S REPORT EMBODIES GOVERNMENT'S POLICY
THE QUESTION OP COST
The scheme of defence training placed before tliie House of Eeprescntatives shortly before the end of the session may lie regarded as containing the policy of tlic Government. The position is that a cuiiipreheaisive scheme was prepared by Defence Headquarters and forwarded to tho Minister of Defence for his consideration. The Minister referral tho scheme to the Defence Committee of which he is a member. The committee had the assistance of the General Officer Commanding (Major-General Sir E. Ohn-ytor) in its deliberations, aud it prepared a report tliat really was a summary of the Headquarters scheme. This was the report that Mr. Glenn, as chairman of tho committee, placed before tho House of Keprosentatives. The report had the endorsement of the Minister of Defence. . ' The scheme may require legislation to give it full effect, but many of tho recommendations relate entirely to the details of organisation, and can be put into operation without delay. Some of them, indeed, have already been applied. The scheme has been criticised adversely in sonio quarters on the ground that it j* inadequate, and that it does not compare favourably with Australia's new training scheme. General. Headquarters, it is understood, is quite willing to admit that larger proposals would give better results from tl*e- military point ot view. But the scheme as placed before tho House is estimated to cost .£500,000 a year, rising to ,£OOO,OOO a, year after two veurs. The Dominion is committed to the maintenance of a light cruiser at a cost of something like .£250,000 a year, and some expenditure will be necessary on aviation, which is not included in the general defence scheme. The adoption of Admiral Jellicoe's recommendations as to t!i« maintenance of destroyers and submarines would add substantially to these figures, which, already represent nearly double the pre-war defence expenditure.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 45, 17 November 1920, Page 8
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314THE DEFENCE SCHEME Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 45, 17 November 1920, Page 8
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