BRITAIN'S ARMY. TROOPS AVAILABLE FOR FOREIGN SERVICE.
SHORTAGE OF OFFICERS. STATEMENT BY LORD LUCAS. By Telecrapn.— Pres* Association.- Copyright. (Received January 16, 8.20 a.m.) LONDON, 15th January. In a speech at Belfast, the Under Secretary to the War Office, Lord Lucas, said that Great Britain would be able to immediately send 166,000 troops abroad if necessary, but that there was still a shortage of 500 ft officers. Field-Marshal Sir George White made a striking speech at a. meeting of the National Service League in the Hampstead Town Hall last month. "It is," he said, "an open question with me whether we should have conscription or not, but the present time is peculiarly opportune for advocating preparedness of the country for war. This country has voluntarily taken the responsibility of defending the rights and liberties of 402,000,000 people, and for that awful responsibility we have a smaller disposable army than little. Switzerland has. In trusting to the Navy alone we are i mining a grave national risk. It is the duty of every citizen to be armed, equipped, trained, and ready for fight."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 13, 16 January 1909, Page 5
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