Here are the main facts of the new proposals:—Army Establishment, be 168000 men and India $5; British Ranks, Burma to be an_independent command with 1.786 Brit-{sh troops. Tnereased artillery, en-Kineers. signals, infantry and tanks, The 2nd Battalions of the Raya iniskiling and Royal I to have a new depot Armoured Fighting Vehicle Schoo! [Ssilsbury Plain, Divisional Cavalry to be mechanized. The Ist Mobile Brigade to be formed with two light tank cavalry regiments and one rifle battalion. The latter (o be Cully mechanized, that Nonaknnd in to fet estimate, '£100,000; The, Sum" of 25;000 flits Sear willie used to maken start.
tore, accommodation At Koxtloon—agita fat Be Road "is year For "now Hongkong magazine. wilt ihe thie sent with, 000, China The War Office will pay India £69,000 for the use of the Ist Ku moon Rifles In China. The cost of services in China his year Will be:
The mechanized rifle battalions will take it in turn to do tours of duly with a mobile brigade and these battalions will be provided with jahlly armoured scouting vehicles for their own protection, with antitank equipment, with wireless equip ment and the bulk of the personnel! will be carried in wheeled trucks. One armoured ear regiment will be This Is an Increase of nearly £300. maintained part of the mobile 00. division and one will be kept in Hongkong and Singapore R.A. new type of armoured ear has recently been evolved and units will Lo equipped with them during the present year. A. new design of machine gun carrier has also passed iis field trials and is now in produetion. A large number are on order and. should be delivered during this ancial year. An alteration has been made in the organization of the infantry division, It was. announced last year that each brigade would consist of four baltalions—sree rifle battalions and one ching gun battalion, It has now been decided that the belgrade shall be composed of three rifle battalions only and each Divie ion will be allotted two machine qun battalions and each Corps one [machine gun battalion, This will have the desired effect of slightly reducing the size of the division. Tt vill also reduce the number of fantry battalions due to be converted machine gun. battalions by two Jand the battalions which will not ow be converted are two battalions fof the Brigade of Guards. By the fend of the year it is also hoped 10 fcemplete the mechanization of the 'The establishment of the Hong: kong Royal Artillery will be raised from 835 to 602 for 1£@., two moun-{ain batteries and two medium bat eries. 'The total British ranks wilt {be nineteen oflcers, eight sergeants and 36 men. 'The' two Singapore Latleries are Increased and the total corps is 380 up at 1.272 This is due part to establishing @ now battery at the new station, Penang. Tong-Tong's "heavy battery becomes medium one and Singapore gels Rew heavy battery. The China slat is as follows for 1937:— eneral J, Commanders 2, PAAR SANE. TY ntiande Balers SCH.A, A SStaMt cipal Ganneryspatrciot' ts Choy Bees Sauer s, Smal Beer stayer sia he ADS.and, 1, DADS:
BARS Commanders. 2 Gincere @: Grehance 4. Pav Provort ty Eaueatio Inicitigence "2 a Bilgadier 1. oral 8 The Brigadier ig Colonel F.W.L. Bissett who has left to take over the ow. Hongkong Brigade, The new Brigade major is Capt Bowers,
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