ARMY IN INDIA.
STRONG FORCE NECESSARY. DANCER FROM FRONTIER. SOURCE OF RAIDS. By Talegraph.—Presa Assn.—Copyright. Received Feb. 20, 5.5 p.m. Delhi, Feb. 19. General Rawlinson (Commander-in - Chief in India), interviewed by English and Indian journalists, explained the military situation and the necessity for keeping the army at a certain strength for frontier and internal defence. The frontier tribesmen, he said, could raise one-eighth of a million, of well-armed and splendid fighters. They made over six hundred raids in 1919-20, but in 1920-21 there were less than four hundred raids. The number of British troops in India had been reduced below the pre-war standard and the Indian cavalry was cut down by nineteen regiments. Replying to criticisms as to the cost of the army, Lord Rawlinson said they had done their utmost to reduce expenditure, but there was a safety limit below which they declined to go. The last reports state the Malabar position is being settled. The rounding up of rebels continues and there are nc. .sional small skirmishes. A score were recently killed and a considerable number taken prisoner.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 February 1922, Page 5
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182ARMY IN INDIA. Taranaki Daily News, 21 February 1922, Page 5
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