A STANDING ARMY
COLONEL BELL’S Vi PAYS “1 have no comment to make other than that the question of a standing army has been considered, and i do know that those who have suggested it have no idea of what the cost would bo,” said Colonel P. H. Bell, officer commanding the southern command, when questioned regarding a standing army for New Zealand. “A regular force,” he said, “is regarded by many as a desirable form of defence. The whole thins has been „ thoroughly investigated more than once, but the cost is enormous. it means not only regular payment of troops, but the erection of barracks and other big expenditure.”
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Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 62, 27 July 1938, Page 2
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110A STANDING ARMY Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 62, 27 July 1938, Page 2
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