The War Secretary concluded in stating, "You will understand? to what extent we rely on the brains and enthusiasm of those who serve the Army when I tell you that one of the first steps we would have taken for mobilization would have been to send about 120 Territorial officers to a staff college for a. special course...
in a few I will an-days, nounce a new scheme for wider training of Territorial officers to qualify them for Staff appointments in the event of war,"
Commenting upon Hore-Belisha's address, observers today noted in particular that the reorganization measures bringing the Territorial Army's strength to eighteen divisions will form an ultra-modern army capable of immediately reinforcing ihe regular army.
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