FOR BIGGER ARMY

Grey River Argus, 19 December 1940, Page 5

FOR BIGGER ARMY

New Call in Britain (Received December 19, 1.53 a.m.) LONDON, December 18. The first Armv drive to increase manpower in the British Arm v is foreshadowed by a Ministry O f Information statement It declared: While the deeds of th e , R.A.F. and Navy and the latest success in the Weslern Desert and Greecg were heartening news, it should not b e forgotten what task faces the main Brit’rh Army. It is a weapon wh’ch, ultimately, will enforc P the submission of the enemy. The blockade wi.’l weaken him. and naval and air action will shake his confidence, but the war will not be won until the Army has struck deen at Axis countries. Britain has about two million men in mdifarv service, and another m'Hion of Hom« Guard members. Thn ures look large, but in fact they are small.