Radical Changes Made to Modernize Haqrs.
London, Dec. 2.
Revolutionary changes in the con~ stitution of the Army Council, designed to keep pace with developments in modern warfare, were announced to-day by the War Office.
The changes will Involve the signations of three of the four milltary members of the Council and their replacement by younger_men.
Viscount Gort, who was in Shanghai in 1937 with the Shanghai Defence Force, will succeed Field Marshal Sir Cyril John Deverell as Chief of the: Imperial General Staff, while the post of Deputy-Chief of the Imperial Staff has been revived and given to Col. Sir Ronald Adam, Commander of the Royal Artillery, Ist Division, The members resigning from the Army Council include Field-Marshal Sir Cyril John Deverell, Gen. Sir Harry Sidney Knox, Adjutant General to the Forces since 1935, and It-Gen. Sir Hugh Jamieson Elles, Master General of Ordnance at the War Omse, Maj-Gen. Clive Gerard Liddell wilt be the new Adjutant Genera, Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir Harold Arthur Brown, who as Director Gon-eral of Munitions Production Is al-Feady a member of the Army Council, will retain this title, and will fake over the duties of Master General of Ordnance from It-Gen, Sir Hugh Elles. He will be assisted by It-Gen, Maurice Grove Taylor, who will have the title of Deputy-Master of General Ordnance.
The posts of Director General of Munitions and Master General of Ordnance are merged.
Tu announcing the changes, the War OMice stated that it was the intention in future to bring general officers holding principal commands at home into closer association. with the central direction of Army policy. It is expected that the changes will be completed by the New Year.—Reuter,
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