INDIAN DEFENCE ACT
COMPULSORY SERVICE,
APPROVAL OF THE NATIVES. [AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION.] Received .this day at 8.45 a.m. DELHI, February 22. ’ The Indian Defence' Act has been introduced in the Council. It provides that all Europeans and Indiana from sixteen to eighteen must undergo military training as cadets; from eighteen to forty-cUe - they must enrol and train for general active military service in India, and from forty-one to fifty train a.a reserve for the defence of local areas. The Act is to. remain in force until nix months after the termination of tlio war. ; v- ' ■The Viceroy referred to'the necessity of concerted effort in assisting the'Empire to finish the war. Sir Charles Monro pointed out that it was intended that the ’new areas should relieve the J regulars 'bn garrison duty. , j ’ ’ '■ Numerous Indian members of the Council supported the Bill, which wa/| referred to a Select, Committee. . *
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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 February 1917, Page 6
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