FREE STATE DEFENCE.
NEW VOLUNTEER FORCE.
REGULAR ARMY REDUCED.
Australian and N.Z. Press Association. (Received October CO, 10.15 p.m.) DUBLIN. Oct. 2G. The Minister for Defence, Mr. Desmond Fitzgerald, announced in the Dail the formation of a new volunteer force. The Regular Army, which formerly consisted of 50,000 men, has at pi'esenl 10,000 sud will be cut down to £OOO,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20088, 27 October 1928, Page 13
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60FREE STATE DEFENCE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20088, 27 October 1928, Page 13
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