BRITISH POLITICS.
THE ARMY SCHEME. LONDON, July 14. In the House of Commons, Mr Haldane, continuing his explanation in connection with the Army Scheme, announced that the terms of enlistment would be as ioUows:—Cavalry, seven years with the colours and five in the reserve; field artillery, six witb the colours and six in the reserve. Under the new scheme fifty two battalions, would be stationed in India twenty-six ia the oolonie3 and seventy-two at Home Mr Haldane, prediots that ihere will be a great diminution in the oost, with greatly increased strength. Mr Arnold Foister and Mr Balfou insisted that the scheme disclosed no power tor expansion of the Army. Sir Charles Dilke questioned whether there would be great l-ietin'g economies. Mr Haldane replied that expansion would be secured by the people organising for military service under the guidance given them on the spot. The debate has been adjourned. The newspapers are cautious in their comments, with a tendency to disappointment.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8183, 16 July 1906, Page 5
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