Show BRITISH R ARMY REFORM London July H Vir Secy See Bec Arnold Forster made marlo his hel state statement statement ment mont ns tie lS to his proposed reform of ot tho the array army Irry when shien tho the house of commons went Yent Into committed this thin afternoon on the vote for the tho war Tha Thu secretary saW said he ho lid did not propose to touch the tho militia In I tl an as ni public opinion was wal not ripe neither would the tho anti artil artillery tory lery bu decreased nor the tue number ot of cavalry cavalty regiments be reduced lie le pre pro preferred preferred erred to reduce the regular Infantry forces by 14 I battalions leaving 49 4 O or 50 0 battalions ba for home hOlo service After pro providing viding ton for India Inella and 1111 tho the colonies colon Ie the army would bu bo divided Into two parts A certain number of oC battalions would bo be 10 kept keP nt at home borne hOle These heRI would bo ho re reduced redUced to f tO 00 men of ot whom would be enlisted for tor two year yeats service and a 11 would afterward enter the reserve for Cor Coral sis sic al years These would be In reality territorial battalions anti and the object of tho the service system would be bo to build up the reserve Tho fhe volunteer establishment would be b reduced to men and much lud larger grants would ba bo h made so 10 as 11 to tho the volunteers an effective force torce From Prom to regular troops would be bo kept nt lit lt hol ready to 10 take field force Pro Provision the tho as ns n a 1 lighting fighting fore vision would be made for n II permanent garrison of 2100 men fn n South Africa It I that Mr proposal would result In it n II decrease of o 1761 men leaving a total lata I force forel of ot n n ft decrease In expenditure of ot The Tho war secretary with wih sayIng that the tho army was vas passing b n a 1 period of great rent danger Sot Hut Orent remedy remeY for tor the existing evils must mURt be bt found nail anil while ho was waR as tin un tibia to provide any marked Immediate reduction In the tho expenditures ho lie hf hoped that his bin scheme would Mould enable lila Ills suc sue successors to effect progressive economy The h army arm as iS at present con constituted va tau na one of ot the ma machines machines chines ever o r devised and quite quie unfit to supply the peculiar needs of the empire In Ie of at the progress made mado lado In sub stub submarine marine mArin boats bOlts ho hoped to 10 make 0 a I con considerable COl reduction In the expenditure of or the establishment He lie le Us dis discarded carded tho the proposal ns as It I would cost an nn additional yearly for tor the same amo number of troops ns as n How flow OW forthcoming |