MILITARY MATTERS.
A cadet in the United Statea navy is paid as highly as a lieutenant in the British navy.
The Belgian government has fixed i the period of service for the infantry | at 20 months and 36 month* lor the cavalry and horse artillery. ! The amount of gutta percha that ! will be required for the transpacific cable, estimated at 3,000,000 pounds, is 1 causing some concern among the army I signal officers, lest the demand will i seriously affect the price of the material.
When the present work on the League Island navy yard at Philadelphia has been completed the yard will be the finest in the country in point of size and equipment. The plans call for golf links and baseball ground for the use of the officers.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3548, 18 July 1905, Page 4
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130MILITARY MATTERS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3548, 18 July 1905, Page 4
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