Show BRITISH EMPIRE TO HAVE ARMY lARGE ARC is AS THAT ot Of GERMANY Minister of War Details a aPlan aPlan aPlan Plan for Imperial Defense LONDON Feb 20 Speaking O. Speaking at Newcastle Now New castle today on proposed imperial general staff for tho the army Secretary of ot War gave a general outline of thu tho strength of the thc oversea forces as contemplated under tho the imperial scheme Canada he said could ea easil easily raise five 11 of six territorial divisions Australia five o New Zealand ono one and anti South Af f Africa Africa Af- Af rica four or five Th These so in addition to tho the existing fourteen divisions of or the tho territorial forces of the United Kingdom would J. J give c a a. total of thirty div divisions for homo borne defense With the sixteen divisions di of rc regulars regulars reg reg- ulars rca ready y for ov o oversea service it was thus hoped to attain to an imperial army of six forty divisions equivalent to twenty three army corps This was as just tho the strength th of or the tho German arm army Mr Ir said aid an and anal no army array in the tho world orld had such a great ortan organization |