Irish Standing Army Heavily Reduced
NEW TERRITORIAL FORCE CUTTING DOWN EXPENSE British Wireless—Press Aasn. — Copw'ight Reed. 11.32 a.m. RUGBY, Saturday. Big changes in the Irish Free State Army are to take place, as foreshadowed by President Cosgrave some time ago. The Government has now decided on the recruitment of a territorial force, with a view to cutting down the standing army to the lowest possible minimum. Four thousand men between the ages of 18 and 34 are called on to join immediately the new force, which is styled the B Class Reserve. They will be required to serve from one to three months in the army, and six years in the reserve. Although only 4,000 recruits are asked for at once, it is expected that within a few months double, or probably treble, this number will join the new force.
It is hoped gradually to reduce the standing army to a small standard body of men, composed principally of instructors and first-class troops. In the first year of its existence during the civil war, the Army of the Free State cost £10,000,000. This has been reduced gradually until this year, when the estimated expenditure was £2,000,000. It is estimated that the scheme will effect a further reduction to £1,500,000. —A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 253, 16 January 1928, Page 1
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