SWITZERLAND’S YES
THE ARMY OF PEACE SOLDIERS. Switzerland has just had a plebiscite to decide whether the training of army recruits shall be prolonged by a period varying from two to three weeks. The Swiss have no permanent army, but all men, with a few exceptions, have to go through a short period of intensive training lasting from two to three months, and every man must go into camp for three weeks each year for ten or twelve years. Owing to the ever-increasing complexity of modem arms and warfare, and for the heed for each soldier to be an expert in the use of his own weapon, the Swiss Government came to the conclusion not long ago that the two or three months so far .allowed for the training of recruits is not long enough. They therefore drafted a measure demanding an extension of this preliminary training by periods ranging from 13 to 23 days. The Socialist. Party opposed it, however, and the Government decided to appeal to the country, with the result that 506,845 voted Oui and 431,902 voted Non.
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1935, Page 22 (Supplement)
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