INDIA.
tHE INDIAN ARMY 414,500 RECBOITS IN A YEAR. Simla, April 15. la vtaw of the IPriaie Minister's call W India, ta*. remarkable expansion of tte Indian Any during the put 12 Booths it worth recording. Before the to, about 15,000 combat•at ncroifa were obtained annually, bat for the year ending April lit the combatant! ealiited numbered 285,200 and the non-eombatants 159,300— a total of 444,600. A differentiation between eombatanti and non-combatants exist* only in India—all would be included in MM eaUgory i» England. In conseqntnee of thU lucceuful recruiting, a targe number of new units have been raised, for all of which equipment, armament, and drafts are available. The Indawi defence force numben 40,000 and the introduction of compulsory training ha! greatly increased their efficiency. (Heps »<** D*"* t * Jten wUI r '" •alt in a substantial increase of new units to the Army in the near future. It is necessary to remember that while recruiting i» magnificent any estimate of India's man-power based on the total population would be entirely fallacious, since a large proportion of latins are non-fighting people.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 July 1918, Page 5
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