INDIAN ARMY
TOO MANY OFFICERS MANY WILL HAVE TO GO CALCUTTA, March 21. The Government of India is faced with a difficult problem, the block in promotion of Indian Army officers, due to the large number of permanent commissions granted during the wax years. ,At present there arc nearly 1000 surplus officers, and only 130 are tak ing advantage of the voluntary retirement scheme instituted in 1930. It is estimated that by 1938 nearly half tho officers of the Indian Army will be majors, while numerous cavalry regiments and infantry battalions Will have four to six lieu-tenant-colonels, instead of one normally necessary. It is believed that several hundred will have to go compulsorily. The Government is likely to provide generous terms. There is general sympathy with a fine body of men who, due to no fault of their own, have to leave the army to join the ranks of the unemployed.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18353, 22 March 1934, Page 7
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151INDIAN ARMY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18353, 22 March 1934, Page 7
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