THE ARMY.
/ ' •EFFICIENCY OF FIELD BATTERIES
NFjED OF TRAINING. »Y TELEGRAPH— PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT London, Maich 13. . Lord Middloton initiated a debate in tho of Lords' on tho subject of* the Army, particularly with 'reference to partiallytriined- batteries. ■ ,'. . '- I ,' -', 1
, Earl Roberts urged that 1 forty' efßciont batteries Would bo much moro offcctivo than a .much greater number; of territorial bat- 1 terios, ivhich, untraincdt and -unorganised, might bo a source of danger. He contended that to trust to amateur artillerists would bo to court disaster; The country should bo Sufficientlygarrisoned to protect it front an invader. -• : , , . ' Tho dobato was adjourned.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 147, 16 March 1908, Page 7
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100THE ARMY. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 147, 16 March 1908, Page 7
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