THE BRITISH ARMY.
INFERIORITY OF THE RIFLE DENIED.
(Press Association.—Coptrirht.l
(Received March 6, 5.5 a.m.) LONDON, March 5
Colonel Seely, Under-Secretary for War, introducing the Army Estimates in the House of Commons, unhesitatingly denied ttfiat there- \vaj& a, .particle of truth in the Opposition charges of the inferiority of the Army rifle, which was extraordinarily reliable as proved ih the South Afican war. The heavy guns of the Hose Field Artillery and the machine, guns were the best in Europe. Part of the present air battalion would be absorbed by the new flying corps, embracing soldiers, sailors and civilians. It was proposed to train 180 'officers yearly and to purchase 131 aeroplanes. Mr. ,Bo nar Law repeated that th e rifle Was inferior in trajectory compared with that of other nations. The culpable delay in improving it was inexcusable. ' Viscount Haldane, Secretary of Stat'e for War, replying to a question if there was. a possibility of war last summer, said that our rifle, if inferior in trajectory, had Imanyi .advantage-is over the German.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 6 March 1912, Page 5
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