THE ARMY VOTE.
NUMBER OF TROOPS
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association)
(Received Feb. 19, 9.30 p.m ) „„ . London, Feb. 17. The Army vote of £75,000,000 for from four to five months is the heaviest expenditure out of the year's total of £125,000,000, of which £55,000,000 is for an establishment on the 1914-15 basis, £29,500,000 for the terminal war charges, including cemeteries, medals transport services, and restoration of private property; and £40,500.000 for garrisoning Germany, Constantinople, Palestine, Egypt, Mesopotamia and Persia.
The total British Army provided for is 525,000 troons, excluding India. It is expected that this number will dimmish during the year to 280,000.
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Colonist, Volume LXII, Issue 15306, 20 February 1920, Page 5
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103THE ARMY VOTE. Colonist, Volume LXII, Issue 15306, 20 February 1920, Page 5
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