SOUTH AFRICA
NEW DEFENCE BILL. COMPULSORY SERVICE OBJECTED ' TO. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 25, 5.5 p.m. Capetown, February 24. General Smuts, in moving the second reading of the Defence Bill, emphasised that the force was not to be liable for service outside South Africa, and proposed a citizen force of 24,000, with a yearly levy of 1000 men to replace those going on the reserve.
It is intended to establish an instruction school at Bloemfontcin to train officers. The scheme operates from Janu ary, 1913. The annual cost will be £1,172,000, an increase of £320,000 on the present outlay. The newspapers report a growing opposition on the back veldt to the Defence Bill with compulsory training as the basis.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 204, 26 February 1912, Page 5
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119SOUTH AFRICA Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 204, 26 February 1912, Page 5
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