AMERICA'S ARMY.
STRENGTH TO BE REDUCED.
By Telegraph.—rress Association.—
New York, August 23. President Taft, in the interests of eoonomy, has instructed Mr. C. M. Dickinson (Secretary for War) to reduce the standing army from 88,000 to 80,000 men.
The annual cost of each American soldier in time of peace is £240 sterling.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14148, 25 August 1909, Page 7
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