THE GERMAN ARMY.
A LARGE INCREASE. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (Received Mav 3, 8.45 a.in.) BERLIN, May 2. Tho budget committee adopted a new clause to tho Army Law, increasing the army by two army corps. [An army corps in Germany consists of the general staff, two infantry divisions (to which cavalry and artillery are attached), tho battalion of rifles; the telegraph section, the corps bridge team, the division machine guns, tho company pioneers, 6 supply columns. 7 supply parks, 12 ammunition columns, 2 field bakery columns, 12 field hospitals, 2 horse depots ; or a total of 41,000 men. 13,000 horses, 144 guns, and 2000 vehicles. In Great Britain the largest formation is a division containing about 20,000 men.]
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143781, 3 May 1912, Page 3
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118THE GERMAN ARMY. Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143781, 3 May 1912, Page 3
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