London, Mar. 1.
The Army Estimates for 1928 amount to £41,050,000, or £515,000 Jess than in 1927."
No provision is made for the extra troops in China, for which a supplementary estimate will be pre. sented.
The strength of the Britisti Army, inclusive of the British troops in India, is 153,500, a decrease of 19,000 and, approximately, 2,500 Lelow establishment. This is a result of the falling-off in recruiting last year.
The Secretary of State for War, in a memorandum on the Estimates, says that the principal changes in organization proposed for 1928 in-elude extension of the modernization of cavalry begun in 1927 to regi ments in Egypt and India, reorg ganization of the Foot Guards and infantry battalions to comprise three instead of four rifle companies, with the addition of a machine-gun company instead of a machine-gun platoon, Also, an anti-tank section to be included in the headquarters wing of each battalion. The changes also include reorganization of the Tank Corps, Vattalions to comprise three companies, each consisting of three sections of five tanks instead of four sections of four tanks.
Nevertheless, the number of tanks in a battalion will romain at 52—Reuter.
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