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SUGGESTED "MILITARISM" FOR THE COLONIES. Received February 10,12.5 a.m. LONDON, February 9. Captain E. Lascelles, a Canadian, who served on General Hutton's Btaff during the Boer war, has read a paper before the Royal United Service Institution, in which he stated that the Colonies should provide, train and mobolise an Imperial service legion, of twenty thousand troops; Canada, ten thousand troops; Australia, six thousand and five hundred: and New Zealand, three thousand and five hundred. He believed the Colonies would easily find the men. Many officers of the colonial forces in South Atrica were probably available. He estimated the cost at £250,000 annually, exclusive of the cost ot ammunition, mobilisation stores, subsidies, transports and general. General Hutton considered that there was no Hope of inducing the 'colonies to accept such a scheme. It was out of the question to suggest that any control of the Dominion or Commonwealth forces would be exercised outside of Canada and Australia. The Earl of Glasgow presided.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7960, 10 February 1906, Page 5
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165A HAIR-BRAINED SCHEME. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7960, 10 February 1906, Page 5
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