BRITAIN'S MILITARY DEFENCES
NATIONAL SERVICE LEAGUE'S SCHEME. COMPULSORY TRAINING OF YOUTHS. Received 2, 11.10 p.m. London, February 2. Lords Roberts, Meath, Milner and Curzou and the Duke of Wellington, on behalf of th-e National Service League, •propose that all youths between 18 and 1 *2l spend four to six months in camp, followed by a, musketry course and a fortnight's camp for three years. They estimate that the territorial anuy will 'thereby be increased within four years to 400,000, with 150,000 recruits, and 'eventually a reserve of 000,000, at a cost of four millions sterling. • Referring to the present territorial force, they state that it does not provido sufficient men for peace training and provides a hopelessly inadequate burden that is unfair in its incidence.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 8, 3 February 1909, Page 3
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125BRITAIN'S MILITARY DEFENCES Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 8, 3 February 1909, Page 3
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