INDIAN ARMY
TOO MANY OFFICERS. PROMOTION PROBLEM. y' . HUNDREDS MAY BE RETIREp. ' (Received 5 .(.mi) CALCUTTA, March 21. The Government of India' is' faced with the difficult problem of tlre r block in the promotion of Indian Army officers, This is due to the large number of permanent commissions granted in the war years. At present there is a surplus of nearly 1000 officers, and. only 130 have, taken advantage of the voluntary re-, tirement scheme of 1930. It is estimated that by. 1938 nearly half the officers in the Indian Army : ■will” be majors, while .numerous cavalry rogi-'* ments and infantry battalions have from four to six lieutenants instead of the one normally necessary. It is believed that several hundreds will have to ..retire compulsorily; Tlio Government is likely to. provide generous terms. There, ia-general sympathy with the fine body of men. who, through, no fault of their own, may have to leave the Army and join the mfemployed.
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Northern Advocate, 22 March 1934, Page 5
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