CONSCRIPTION in event of Outbreak of War
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i |l NO VAST ARMY Would Not Solve Problems of Peace Time MINISTER EXPLAINS
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(Reeeived 19, 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, Jan. 18. Mr. A. Duff Gooper, Minister of War, speaking1 on recruiting in London, said he hoped shortly to make an important announcement qoncerning' conditions of service in the regular Army. Recruiting for the territorial Army had improved, but for the regular Army it was not so good and he hoped that the announcement would have the result of bringing a satisfactory increase. Mr. Cooper denied reports attributing to him the suggestion of conscription in peac© time. " Conscription would not solve our problem,' ' added Mr. Cooper. "We do not want a vast army, for home service but a small, highly-trained, specialised Army for peace-time service overseas. "In the event of war there is little doubt that conscription would cooae, and come quickly; but not even the most patient eitizen of the most authoritarian and totalitarian State would accept conscription for service overseas in peace time."
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 3, 19 January 1937, Page 7
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