STANDING ARMY
AUSTRALIAN PLANS REGARDED AS CERTAINTY [By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright SYDNEY, Feb. 14. I The strength of the Australian mili Ilia force is now 57,759, and only 12,24 I recruits are required to reach the air [of 70,000. The Melbourne correspondent of th Sydney Morning Herald says it i almost certain that the Federal Gov ernment will adopt the recommends lion by the Inspector-General of thAustralian military forces, Lieutenant General Squires, for the formation o a standing army of 10,000. Colonel F M. Lorenzo, who will direct the or ganisation of the New South Wale Government's national emergenc; services, said that 20,000 people woulc be required in Sydney alone to cop: with air raids and other emergencies
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 38, 15 February 1939, Page 7
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117STANDING ARMY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 38, 15 February 1939, Page 7
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