INDIAN ARMY
SURPLUS OF OFFICERS MEASURES TO OVERCOME (Received October 18, 12.15 a.m.) CALCUTTA, Oct. 17 The Government of India has sanctioned proposals for dealing with the congestion of officers of the higher and middle ranks in the Indian Army, as the result of over-recruitment for the Great War. The tenure of the command of Lieuten-ant-Colonels appointed from January next to the cavalry and infantry is to be limited to three years, after which, if they are not promoted or given further employment, they will be transferred to a special list and granted one year's leave. Lieutenant-Colonels with 26 years' service for whom no command can be found 'are to be granted one gear's leave, after which they will be placed on the retired list, with a pension of a minimum amount of £7OO a year. It will be necessary to retrench compulsorily in the next six years about 400 officers commissioned between August, 1914, and December, 1920.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21934, 18 October 1934, Page 11
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