Paris, Feb. 1.
The term of compulsory military service in France will from now on be two years instead of the one year that it was prior to 1936.
The Chamber of Deputies adopted this evening a Bill extending permanently the temporary measure voted in 1936 and increasing the term of service for the "shortage classes" that were coming up between 1936 and 1940.
The Chamber also voted, unanimously, upon the Bill making more frequent the terms of periodical training given the Reserves, The total length of time taken up in such training will remain the same as before, however.
M. Charles des Isnards, Speaker for the Military Affairs Committee, emphasized this evening that the' German Army totalled 900,000 men compared to the regular French Army Prof. G. G. Telberg, A Guest from Tsingtao.
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