COST OF BRITISH ARMY.
SAVING OF £10,300,000.
REGULAR STRENGTH OF 170,000.
WAR OFFICE ECONOMIES.
By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright (Received 85 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON. March 12. The Army estimates have been tabled: They total £52,000,000, and include £26\000.000 for the standing army, provision being made for 170,000 men, exclusive of India, but inclusive of 10,000 Indian troops in the Middle East. The estimates for the territorial army and reserves total £7,000,000, a saving of £1,000,000 on the previous year. Considerable savings are also effected in connection with the War Office staff, tho educational establishment, hospitals, and depots. The aggregate reductions compared with last year are £10,300,000.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18348, 14 March 1923, Page 9
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