Meanwhile, recruits are entering in greatly increased numbers, There were 11,000 recruits entered for the Navy in the first nine months of the 1937 financial year.
There were 3,600 more Army re-fruits in 1937 than in 1936 and many concessions were granted. The record number of 45,000 recruits was obtained in the territorial army in 1937, while the strength of all ranks was increased by nearly 18,000 men.
There are now eleven training schools for air service flying and two new infantry battalions and one new tank battalion have been formed The arrangement with the Government of India will enable the con tinuance of the mechanization of cavalry regiments.
Tu connection with defence against air attacks, the White Paper proceeds, two new anti-aircraft divisions increased their strength by 345 officers and 9,000 men of other ranks between April and December last year,
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