£46.714,000 MORE THAN LAST YEAR
INCREASE OF 15.700 IN PERSONNEL WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS FROM EIRE V PA -By Electric Telegraph-Cou.v right! j 'Received 2nd March. 9.0 a.m.) LONDON. Ist March. The Army Estimates for 1939 show a gross total of £161,133,000, which is a gross increase of £46,714,000 over 1938. The proportion to he derived from loans is £66,232,000, compared with £21.143,000 last year. The maximum strength is to be 185,700 men, ar. 1 increase of 15,- | 700. | The memorandum of the War Min- • ister, Mr Leslie Horc-Belisha. announc- ! ed the withdrawal of troops from the ! south Irish coast defences and from Lough Swilly, also of a cavalry unit and four infantry battalions from India, the dispatch temporarily of seven infantry battalions from Home to Palestine and a tank battalion to Egypt. The establishment of horses has been i educed to 4455, compared with 28,742 in 1914. Recruiting was most satisfactory during the year and it is expected that the intake up to 31st March will be 40.000. The estimated strength of the reserves is 139.000 men, which is considered adequate.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 2 March 1939, Page 7
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