IRISH FREE STATE
A TERRITORIAL ARMY Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. DUBLIN, February 7. (Received February 8, at 1.20 p.m.) Mr F. Aiken (Minister of Defence) announced in the Dail that the Government proposed to establish a volunteer territorial army of 24,000 at a cost of £243,000. It would be composed of three groups, one group consisting of territorials between 18 and 25 years of age, another of men under 45, and a third consisting of men between 45 and 55. Training would be at drill halls and camps. Mr Mulcahy said the scheme was amazing and costly. Twenty officers appointed to organise the new army had formerly for a prolonged period attacked the Free State. It would not replace the regular army. _ A member of the Dail interrupted and used the word “ irregulars.” Mr De Valera rejoined: “ The forces which opposed me in 1922 were irregulars. My followers were regulars.” The item was passed by 73 votes to 57.
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Evening Star, Issue 21640, 8 February 1934, Page 11
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158IRISH FREE STATE Evening Star, Issue 21640, 8 February 1934, Page 11
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