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NEW BRITISH ARMY. THE ARMY VOTE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Coryrldit. Received Feb. in, 0.30 p.m. .London, Feb. 17. The Army Vote of £75,000,000 for four to Ave months is the heaviest expenditure out of a year's total of £125,000,000. Of this sum, £55,000,000 are for an establishment on the 1914-15 ba9is. £29,500,000 are for terminal war charges, including cemctries, medals, transport services, and the restoration of private property. £40,500,000 for the garrisoning of Germany, Constantinople, Palestine, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Persia. The total British Army provided for is 525,000 troops, excluding India. It is expected this number will diminish during the year to 280,000. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. -
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 February 1920, Page 5
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