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Army Estimates of Effective & Non-Effective Services, for the Year 1911-12; 1912-1913; 1913-1914; 1914-1915; 1915-1916; 1916-1917; 1917-1918; 1918-1919. Together with Statements of the Variations of the Numbers of His Majesty's British Forces; Explanations of the Increases & Decreases in the Estimates; the amounts provided for each Arm of the Service & for various Miscellaneous Establishments; the amounts included for the Colonies & Egypt, & the net Army Expenditure for Ten Years. Printed by Command of His Majesty. ii+225, ii+225, ii+228, ii+228, 8, 6, 6 & 6pp., foolscap. HMSO. Contemp.  #68941
[HLMainPic] Detailed annual projections on the cost of maintaining the Army and its commitments worldwide (including some material on costs of maintaining forces in colonies, and cost of maintaining Army in the field (but not generally India & the Indian Army as these costs borne by India Office). Includes the cost of running the militia, training and pension establishments, military prisons, cost of recruiting, purchase of horses, cost of medals, cost of pay and allowances of troops, cost of each military district, cost of running every regiment, ordnance, warlike stores, &c. The scale and organisation of the Army at home and abroad, and the cost of running different establishments, from the largest to the minor (e.g. the Royal Hibernian Military School, with pay estimates from the Commandant down to through the ranks of the Serjeant Tailor, Serjeant Gardener &c, through to the Ploughman & Labourer - similarly detailed costings for the Military Asylum, School of Musketry, &c.). Much detail on the establishment & cost of the various Volunteer Corps', Yeomanry Cavalry, Militia &c. Please note that the war years 1915-16 through to 1918-19 are published in abbreviated form only. The issues here offered, 1911-19, bound together in red cloth, VG ex-Admiralty lib. See illustrations on our website.   £125

     




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