CAREERS IN ARMY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19622, 4 May 1938, Page 6

CAREERS IN ARMY

NEW LONG SERVICE TERMS INCREASES IN PAY FAMILY ALLOWANCES SCHEME OF PENSIONS (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 1.30 p.m. RUGBY, May 3. A new lons service enlistment scheme, with increases in pay, family allowances and pensions rights, is announced by the Secretary of State lor War, Mr. L. Hore-Belisha. It is designed to make the army more attractive to men desirous of making it their career and will be limited to 5500 men per year. Men may enlist for 12 years and have the right, subject to good character and fitness, of continuing for ■i further nine years. Men applying for the new enlistment must be between the ages of 18 and 24 years. The number is limited to maintain the strength of the reserve. Speaking of the scheme. Mr. HoreBelisha said that recruiting for the army was at a rate which had not been known for some time. He thought that with the increased demands for other national defence services the task of finding the 53,000 wanted this year was not becoming easier. A total of 40,000 territorials was also required. In the case of the Territorial Army, it could be brought up to strength at once, but for its territorial basis. For example, some units could probably be filled four or five times over. A great many units were up to strength and even 20 per cent over the establishment.