[Destine with home forces, he emphasized the formidable work completed during the current year, chiefly in the domain of mechanizing units and thus permitting the self-transport of half the effectives of four regular infantry field divisions.
The Territorials have at the same time been modernized and equipped with the same latest types of w pons on a scale similar to that of the Regulars.
The War Secretary then indicated methods of enlisting and sending abroad landing forces in the event of war. The Territorials would be immediately amalgamated with the Regular Army, he emphasized.
Dealing with the despatch of landing forces to the Continent, he asserted, "The whole of our Army could not arrive simultaneously on the theatre-of-war, where the Continental Armies may be already in position. Our Army would have to be despatched and would have to arrive in echelons on serial dates."—
Havas.
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