MILITARY SYSTEMS
VISIT OF INSPECTION TO SWITZERLAND. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright BERNE, September 11. The Swiss President, M. Edouard Alueller, in welcoming members of the British House of Commons and others who are inquiring regarding the Swiss military system, declared that military institutions on the basis of the Swiss democracy formed a school for civil virtues, developing devotion to the fatherland and fidelity to duty. The principle governing the Swiss army —which, by the way, is not a “standing army"—administration is that it shall be a militia force. Citizens are liable to serve twelve years in the Elite, twelve in the Landwehr, and six in the Landsturm. During the twelve years in the Elite (ten for cavalry) tho aggregate service is 141 days in the Infantry, 146 in the Engineers. 160 in the Cavalry, and 163 in the Artillery. In round numbers the aggregate total of troops is 200,000. and in addition the Landsturm can furnish 300,000, giving an armed strength of 500,000. maintained at a cost of about £1,000,000 a year.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6313, 13 September 1907, Page 5
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171MILITARY SYSTEMS New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6313, 13 September 1907, Page 5
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