LONGER PERIOD OF TRAINING
♦ HOLLAND SEES NECESSITY FOR ARMED FORCES (Received December 21, 12.30 a.m.) THE HAGUE, December 20. A bill is being prepared to increase the annual levy—at presen' 19,500 men—probably to 32,000, and prolonging the first training period, hitherto five and a half months, to a year. The Government explains that it is essential to have a trained force permanently under arms to resist surprise attacks.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21971, 21 December 1936, Page 11
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