ARMY ESTIMATES
ATTACKED BY SOLDIERS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, Alarch 22. A powerful array of the soldiers who are members of the House of Commons, strenuously attacked the new Army Estimates on the ground that it be dangerous to reduce the Imperial military strength. Colonel Mildmay (who moved a nominal leduction of the vote), FieldMarshal Wilson, General Townsend Sir John Davidson and Air. Cecil Lowther, were amongst the most prominent of the critics. Alarshal AVilson said that he was not an advocate of an army of eighty divisions, as he was not thinking of a gieat European war, but of how to <>void war inside the Empire. “Thera is,” he said, “al way to save money. Leave places which do not- belong to us in tho grasp of those to whom they do belong, by rvhich means we can effect a large economy.” Rt. Hou. AVorthington Evans, replying, said that if they attempted to sluq.e the army on Alarshal Wilson's basis, they would be faced with the problem that they could only secure recruits on higher terms or by conscription. Cob nel Alildmay’s amendment was defeated by 243 votes to 54.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 24 March 1922, Page 5
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