AN IMPERIAL ARMY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13131, 18 July 1913, Page 3

AN IMPERIAL ARMY.

(Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright.) LONDON, July 17.

The Duke of Teck, toasting his regiment, described King Edward's Horse as an Imperial asset of the first importance m that it shared with the Irish Horse liability for foreign service.

Sir George Reid, responding to the toast of the Overseas Dominions at the King Edward's Horse dinner, said ViceAdmiral Fawkes, at the Navy League meeting, had said the ships of tbe Empire fleet should work together. The only, way was to interchange separate squadrons. He had suggested to tihe Prime Minister of Australia that as soon as they got four cruisers they should interchange them with soldiers from th? War Offioe. (Laughter.) The Empire's chief concern was to think of peace and havo sufficient strength to enforce it.

Colonel Seely, responding to the toast, phld referring to the (annual Vdin^ar of the King Edward's Hors«, declared that the regiment afforded the germ of a great ideal towards which all should work, namely, one Imperial army for the Empire's defence. An'" intejipesting feature of this corps would be that.se.rvioe therein would be interchangeable. They would be temporarily placed, with" a Squadron of the Channel Fleet.