MILITARY ACTIVITY.
THE LORDS AND THE ARMY ACT
GOVERNMENT MAY UTILISE
NAVAL FORCES
LONDON, Thursday.
The guards have been strengthened at Armagh Barracks, the Antrim garrison headquarters, and Carrickfergus Castle,-which is used as a Government storehouse for arms and ammunition.
Tho staff is actively despatching ammunition to the various military cen ties of Ireland.
The Daily Telegraph says that if tho Lords amend the Army Act forbidding the employment of troops in Ulster, it will make the Act a dead letter, and the Government will then utilise the naval forces to suppress the disturbances in Ulster when the Home Rule Bill has been passed.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 11932, 20 March 1914, Page 5
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104MILITARY ACTIVITY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 11932, 20 March 1914, Page 5
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