AN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
PROJECT BEING CONSIDERED. CONTEMPLATED ARRANGEMENTS. [BT TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Monday. The Hon. R. H. Rhodes, acting-Minister for Defence, stated to-day that the question of the organisation of an expeditionary force was at present under consideration. The intention of the Government, it is understood, is to formulate some scheme of organisation in advance for contingents that would constitute an expeditionary force, serving on a voluntary basis for military operations in other parts of the British Dominions. Such a scheme would have regard to the formation and numerical strength of the expedition, the proportions of infantry and cavalry and equipment with a -view to harmonious co-operation in case of necessity from point of view of Imperial unity, instead of leaving arrangements to work themselves out in a haphazard fashion, as in the case of the South African war. The military authorities of the Dominion would then be in a position to despatch these voluntary troops in accordance with a systematic prearranged scheme.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15236, 25 February 1913, Page 8
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163AN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15236, 25 February 1913, Page 8
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