AUSTRALIAN DEFENCES
PROGRESS IN RECRUITING FOR MILITIA PROPOSED STANDING ARMY. EMERGENCY ORGANISATION IN SYDNEY. By Telegraph—Press Association—-Copyright. (Received This Day, 11.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The strength of the Militia is now 57,759 and* only 12,241 recruits are required to reach the total of 70.000 aimed at. The “Herald’s” Melbourne correspondent says it almost certain that the Federal Government will adopt a recommendation by the Inspector-Gen-eral of the Australian Military Forces, Lieutenant-General Squires, for the formation of a standing army of 10,000 men. Colonel F. M. Lorenzo, who will direct the organisation of the New South Wales Government’s national emergency services, said 20,000 people would be required in Sydney alone to cope with air raid and other emergencies.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 February 1939, Page 5
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118AUSTRALIAN DEFENCES Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 February 1939, Page 5
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