BRITISH ARMY.
Bji telagraph, Press 'Aos'n, Copyright Loudon, July 18. Mr Ha'dnne, continuing bis statement, ■ announced that the terms of enlwloon* of lino cavalry would ho seven years with toe ° and Bvo 0I7 °; ? eUI artillery, six years « ith Jhe colmb > aud BIX Wi Uo t d« r th a C n V BW sohemo 52 batielions of I thn line will bo stationed in India, 2o >° to SSSi. «»a n..mm mipm predicts a groat diminution 10 the cos-, With a greatly increased ftrepgto. , W Hr Arnold Secretary for War in the last Administration, and Mr Balfour insisted that the scheme (iise.ojed no power for expansion of the army. P Sir Charles Dilko questioned whether them would bs groat and lasting; ccouo m Mr Haldane roplied that expansion would be seoured by the people organising tor military service under the guidance given them on tbo Bpot. The debate was adjourned. t Press comments aso cautious, « K tsadenoy to dUagpoiotoiot*
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1809, 16 July 1906, Page 3
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