EMPIRE DEFENCE
THE FOURTH m
STATEMENT BY COEO'NEL SICKLY
ll'iucss Association. -rr.pYRiGHT.) (Ree. March 18. 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, .March 17. Colonel Seely, Secretary for War, in. a. memorandum, said that the increased estimaies were principally due to aviation and insurance. Fifth dud-srxth squadrons would be raised during the currentyear. The supplying of aeroplanes was proceeding slowly owing to the difficulty of obtaining British engines. The War Office, ill conjunction \Vitli the Admiralty was providing a remedy. Aeronaut officers and men duriil"; the current year would nurtibei' over iGGtL
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 18 March 1913, Page 5
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88EMPIRE DEFENCE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 18 March 1913, Page 5
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