A surprise awaits Parisians at the military ceremonies, on Armise tice Day. All the soldiers of i regiments will be in khaki instead fof the horizon blue which came into fuse in the war. The decision to abandon blue *in favour of hak was taken some years ago, but, for financial reasons, the change could ye. made only gradually. As the blue uniforms wore out and were replaced out of the army store khaki cloth was used for the ne supplies in reserve. The proce has been accelerated this year by a largely increased parliamentary grant for uniforms, and the infantry regiments in the Paris garrison now are equipped in the colour first made familiar in Franco by the British troops in 1914. The Air Force and the chasseurs are not included in the change, at any rate for lite present. Officers and noncommissioned officers are being encouraged to wear the old-time biilfant Uniforms of red and blue, but only when they are not on duty.
Another army novelty is the crea tion of a force to be called the Garde Republieaine Mobile, Tt forms part of a general reform of which the reduction of the first par~ jed of military service to one year is the principal feature, The reduction is regarded as practicable only on condition that the whole of the time spent by conscripts with the colours is devoted to military training and that they are relieved of police and fatigue duties. The Inow corps, therefore, is a piece of
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