Group to Leave for India On October 26
London, Oct. 14.
It was announced on September 13 last that, on the invitation of the Government of India, His Majesty's Government had appointed an Expert Committee with the following terms of reference"... having regard to the increased cost of modern armaments, to the desirability of organizing, equipping and maintaining forces in India in accordance with modern re~ quirements, and to the limited resources available in India for defence expenditure, to examine and report in the light of experience gained in executing the British rearmament programme how these resources can be used to the best advantage and to make recommendations."
The committee with the title "Expert Committee on Indian Defence 1938-39" has now been constituted as follows: chairman; Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Chatfield; members, Sir Ernest J. Strohmenger, Major-General Sir B. Sergison-Brooke, Air Vice-Marshal C. L. Courtney, and Major General C, J. E. Auchinleck.
The Commtitee has been taking evidence in London since the beginning of this month and will proceed te India on October 26. It hopes to present a report as early in the new year as possible—Wireless through Reuter.
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