REDUCTION OF THE ARMY.
SAFETY LIMIT REACHED. A. and N.Z. DELHI, Feb. 19. Genoral Lord Rawlinson, Commander-in-Chief in Tndia, interviewed by English and Indian journalists, explained tho military situation and the necessity for keeping the army at a certain strength for frontier and internal defence. Frontier tribesmen, he said, could raiso one-eighth of a million well-armed and splendid fighters. They made over 600 raids in 1919 and 1920. But in 1820 and 1921 there were less than 400 raids. British troops in India had been reduced below the pre-war standard and the Indian cavalry had been cut down by nineteen regiments. Replying to criticisms as to the cost of the* army, Lord Rawlinson said that they had done their utmost to reduce expenditure, but there was a safety limit Mow which they declined to go.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18021, 21 February 1922, Page 7
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