The world situation to-day differs from that of the period when we clearly dominated the seal. The important Powers are more widely 'T. distributed and there is greater challenge in the Pacific, into which flank the main part of our oversea Empire. We are without a Pacific ally and our forces there are as egligible as when we had one, and based on the pre-air power hypothesis of safe conduct of men and material from home by an all-powerful Sect. The navy is smaller and the merchant marine less. Oil fuel is a governing factor in operations and has to be transported across the seas mainly from foreign sources. Air power has changed the aspect of home defence and of the sea movement of forees from home and ought to make for a re-distribution of the Army, leaving home defence more fo the RAF, and Territorials backed th by Army formations. That is not the official view, which still adheres fo the Cardwell system despite the geographical and strategic changes. Perhaps Sir Maurie Hankey will bring back from his Pacific tour some clear-cut ideas of what the Dominions think of their new environment and sea communications. In. the meantime we have the old obligations of policing the Emp! and holding a force at home ready to move.
The Re-organization The re-organization will take form follows:—
Infantry Brigade: perimental brigade of one machin' gun battalion and three rifle batta-Hons.
Adoption of the three-unit plan, Introduction of a new light automatic #0 replace the Lewis gun.
Platoons interchangeable as light oF rifle platoons.
Armoured machine gun carriers to be introduced and made in'errhangeable with tse ordinary.
'A small ear to be tried to replace the Since mortar to be the sup-pott weapon in-place of light ari Ist Manchester Regiment, West Indies to '2nd Royal Sussex Regiment, India to ast Loyal Regiment, trid ist Scots Guards, Worley to. cairo. '3rd Grenadier Guards, Cairo to worley.
The movement next winter of battalions whose linked units are in China, or will be, send the Ist. RFW. to Woking and 2nd IF. 1 Colchester. The 7th Hussars, Ist K-D.G. and Royal Dragoons ' move respectively to Eypt, India and Shorneliffe. The lith Field Brigade, RA. relieves the 12th in India, The ard "Light Brigade may go to Egypt in relief of the 2nd whose headquarters go to Norwich (and receive the 11th, 12th and 17th batteries from India). The batteries of the 2nd go to India, parting company with their homeward bound headquarters, These Light artillery: moves are subject to amendment as some of the batteries of the arm are to become field artillery.
Al Mall Development, 'The return home last month of Flight Lieutenant Jones in whlett he completed his journey yo Melbourne and back in thirteen days, including four days? halting time, did'more than the competitive race' to Melbourne to convince the authorities here that the spe powerful month a move is being ma up the mail service to Australia and question of reaching Chins is under review. 'The East project has been neglected but the revolution in speed possibilities for mall carriers has brought North China nearer and the off-shoot service from Singapore, a short hop by the new standard, will the sooner emerge for a full' regular service, passengers and letters. Once the main line Australian service is in working order on new fast times the subject of a feeder service to and from farthest coastal China comes forward as a financial contributor to the main scheme. But for the 34 hours flight from England to Malaya the covering of the Pacile would have remained much longer in the background,
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