HORSE'S DEATH-KNELL.
British Army Replacing Him Immediately. ARTILLERY MORE MOBILE. LONDON, September 27. The "Daily Mail" says that following the success of mechanisation, including that of a squadron of the 3rd Hussars, tested at manoeuvres on September 19, the War Office is replacing the Army's horses as fast as money is available. A few cavalry units will be retained, however, owing to Imperial commitments, j notably 011 the Indian frontier, where 1 horses are essential.
The engineers and signallers, if money is available, will be without horses within three years. Mechanisation of the artillery will be completed in live
years. The Army is moving toward the organisation of a mobile division capable of travelling from 120 to 150 miles _ a day, and a mechanised infantry division capable of covering 40 miles a day compared with 15 at present.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 230, 28 September 1935, Page 9
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