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INDIA

AS

ARSENAL

THE trend of the war has emphasised the significance of India's position in the Im- perial chain which links the British Common- wealth together. The intervention of Italy, by widening the orbit of hostilities, has brought "the chemy nearer to the outer bastions of In- dian defence stretching from Malta to Aden, and the implications of this extended front have given now importance to strategical posi- tions in the Middle East and Malaya.

The protection of India ¿from external, aggression is primarily but indirectly secured by British and Indian forces occupying key poal- tions in, Egypt, Aden, and Singapore.

Those forces hold all the 'main bulwarks 'in a strategic circle which the vigilance of the Royal Navy keeps intact.

In the main Indian waters are kept immune from sea raiders by British and Indian' war vosacla In the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. Units of the Royal Air Force in Egypt. and Malaya' guard the country from air attack; the land frontier on the north-west is held by a friendly Power; and important tribal elements in the belt of mountainous ter- rain between Afghanistan and India have shown that they 'nre anxious to uphold British sovereignty against, the in- roads of Nazism; Fascism, and Communism, alon

The unexpected course of the War" in earlier stages did not, Justify the creation of a large In- zan Army similar to that which was, raised in the last War; but the spread of hostilities to the Mediterranean has resulted in the Introduction of an

expansion scheme aiming at the immediate formation of a new and formidablo force.

This measure supplernente. the. already extensive arrangements made for the internal defence of the country, and is linked with the maintenance of the expeditionary forces, which have reinforced gar- risons abroad.

Army expansion in India is Jargely governed by the country's capacity to arm and equip the re- crulted, men in a manner that will at them for modern mechanised warfare;

Indians have quickly adapted themselves to modern war weapons and machines, and there Care indications, that if the need arises the country will be able to raise, equip and maintain forces as large and as competent as those (raised in the last War, when more than 1,000,000 men were in the field in various 'theatres."

The New Army

.:!

Although' a military force of some thousands, adequately equip""" ped for machanised war, is already oversen, the Army in India's much, iranger to-day than It was

war broke out?!-

when need achieved by the

This, has reinforcement of Regular units, the embodiment of Teritorials, the raising of garrison companies, and the acceptance for service of units of the Indian States forces 1 The Royal Indian Navy has been

wilt

**

gord to the former policy, which restricted Indian officer recruit- ment to 21 units of the Indian.

Army-

Steps are being taken to provide for a potential output of more than 1,100 officers a year. A new training centre, to be established In Central India, will have a capacity for training 500 emer- gency commission cadets nt; one time on an extensive.six months course. The production of Indian officers at the Indian Military Academy at Dehra Dun 1 being speeded up. Already 381 Indians have been brought on to full pay.../ as commissioned officers, and 130

at

undergoing

more are

training at Dehra

presen The country is becoming a vast arsenal, supplying war materials: for. Indian forces at home, and overses, and also for Great Britain,, the Dominions, and Allied coun tries,

"After an ́exhaustive survey the country's Industrial resources,~ measures are now being taken for a combined military and industrial effort to increase the output of material war supplies and military not previously: manufactured here,

The

tment of has bee

ganised before the war, transformed into a War Supply

the direction Board, under the wire supervises

departmental experts, es

It is co-

onlinating the activities of all ordnance factories, which bavê been increased in number and on- larged in size, and all civil indus- trial organisations engaged. In

turziing out munitions and war supplies.

A Peak in Industry

In the first eight months of the war, supplies, from ordnance fac tories reached a peak which was touched only fowards the end of. the last War, and the steps taken to increase output will presently. create records nover before reach- ed in Indian experience,

Of the 40,000 items needed to equipa modern army more than 20,000 are already being produced in India. Munitions and materials sent: oversca since war broke out include: 75,000,000, rounds of small arma ammunition. 200,000 shells of all categorles, 0,000 rifles, 8,500 tents, 4,500,000 sandbags, 10,000 sets of web equipment 600,000 blankets, 3,000,000, yards of khaki, drill, 150,000 pairs of bools, 20,000 greatchats, 73,000groundsheets,

17,000 saddles,

and

Under the scheme' of expansion

now

The out into effect the most..

- types, weapons and will be made, including field-guns. A guns, Air bombs, land

and "depth charges

mission has gone to the United States for this purposeitan A

from all sections

An Indian Defence: Savings Movement has been launched to facilitate regular the people for contributions financing the enlargeinent of the army. Civle Guards and district throughout the land to maintain

war committees have been formed

public order, and supervise local aspects of civil defence.

From The TIMES

Imports and exports, are, con- trolled for the purpose of conserve. Ing the Empire's currency sources. Contributions continue to now in to the Viceroy's War-Pur~~~ of unsolicited cash poses Fund, opened to take care gilts which

have poured in from Princes and peasant

From the neighbouring country of Nepal, which has strengthened

its forces in the Indian Army, *handsome cash gifts have been received. Chieftains and leaders of the frontier, tribes are offering

The German Government solemnly declare the French Fleet will not be used for their own purposes

1)

ARMISTIKE TERMS

You see Fritz, der Fuehrer is always right

their services in men and money. An intensification-of-ARP. policy has been sanctioned and is being promoted mother bon taxi-

I was in a shelled convoy"

By A. ]. MoWHINNIE

WAS in the; convoy which I WAS in led and bombed

for nearly four hours in the Channel..

With the finest convoy sallors, in the world, we ran Hitler's multiple gauntlet little more than a dozen miles out from his new door- step--France,

Gu

Germany's long-range shelied us in the Straits of vi Dover for more than three hours, His big bombers rained bomba 'down all round us.

We, fired six German miner, We ran through his U-boat and E-boat beat,

But the convoy made it.. There were no losses., The Channel fo open for British shipping.

The captain of the crack war- ship from which I saw it all has Just said: "Well done, boys!"..." £1,000 m.p.h. Shells "The long-range guns fring

thousand-miles-an-hour shells, we know now, are planted-around-the- Cap Gris Nex area of the French

Coast.

Co-operating with them are Ger- man spotting planes,

The shells whizzed past us. They stopped short. They fell nstern.

fi

Sometimes, one smashed into the seh and exploded with an ear. splitting, thunderous roar within 100 yards of our bow.

Everything was in Jerry's: favour. But still be did not get knything the most important convors of the war.

Air Force expansion it contem-Visibility was excellente We Balled almost midway between the aviation author is plated. The civil

two coastlinese Dind to pl ties are organising the training of 300 pilots and $2,000 mechanics A reserve, from winch as

Force In India can draw

The necessary number of pubts and ground staffs, are being selects ed to meet the requirements of a doubling of the Indian Air Force.

doubled to strength, war by dabing establishments, al Labore forced at the outbreak of Wassay the frequlationingtof merchant, and Ambals are being enlarged.

end naval establishments jatki

and

ombay and Karachi have been AT 10: proceedingƑfor

unlazredila cope: wikh the expan aloricky Glanery, anti-submarine,

Have been exten

waliing

and

Frontrusted in: India,re!

Force to bring and up to estabiliment ground #tatt Fand tu..replace vacancies, cons

went on the dilution of

red by the exp

The black shaper of the cargo ships, counters, colliers, and trawlers, and the deep grey of the escorting warships, must have stood out in the sunlight against the white cliffs of Dovera vy

lamp and flag had been flashed from the escorting worships to the "Proceed, with utmost convoy.

speed," they said..

You can imagine the stokers in the little cargo ships shovelling cool as they never shovelled be- fore.

Temptingly lay ahead "the corner" of the Dover-cliffs round the South Foreland. bur

up' rignal as each shell missed them.

T

Smoke Secret

Each warship acted instantly. with smoke screens, The sky, from sea-level upwards, was full

moke.

.of.

There

was black, curling, rolling.

¿the, enemy'a »;

·legal" smoke from the funnels;:.:

hite, amoke

from shells: enowy smoke from our smoke floats, and foaming smokej which is one of the Navy's sécreta.- The colliers, the tankers, the

Our warships raced at 30 knots up and down the lanes of British shipping guiding them, thep-coasters, and the tramps were herding them, and paving their. greetings to stolid skippers 01 the tramp ships, who waved- back and gave us the Thumbs

blacked out behind the wall, of smoke. It completely, obliterated. their movements from the enemy's long range guns,

A

NAVAL WAR LIBRARIES

N emblem of a ship's

now meaus. & great deal to men serving in the amaller naval craft at lonely bases., This is the device of the Royal Naval War Libraries. Since the end of May they have dis tributed nearly 100,000 books and turned, the once-ominous "aack into a message of good" cheer u Sabots

A wheel upon an open book

The scheme works like this. "You are serving, let; aus: suppose on a destroyer. Everyone on board is anxious, for something fresh rend. Once, in the early days of the war, you had been reduced to sharing a copy of a railway, guide: and, the memory is desolate Ingegnedet

then the books are stamped, sorted, mended this, an important operation assigned to sacks and sent on their travels.

Headquarters receive

thanks as this: ters of

the

Buch let-

best method:

Nito. tell you

quite frankly that we shall al ways be ready for more.” 2001

Books have been sent in the same way to ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy these Dutch books ro bard to

to set and to the French, under, General de Gaulle, The greater part of the books are! language of the countries;

in

The organisers would like to ex- tend their work to the Polish ships Naturally, the supply needs keeping up. Personal gifts" have been remarkable large consign#1: pilaments: have come from the Lord the flow Sacks Of 20 Book Mayor service. But

must

and the be maintained, dak203031braries welcome any form of Now, thanks to the war libraries biography, travel book, novel, when you go there the Post anything, indeed, exceptálunk / lalson quenilie oficer will, let

Noge would wish to use the scheme you have a small sack of books: This sack, one of many which i ane rag-bag for unwanted litera

ture, quan Sun, OK BEGAN, JOH curlavin the first plan from the life Previo London, headquarters at 40,Way Voluntary Workers

twenty serious

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But of the 145 theils they aimed status ram the French shore- clearly virble even without glass

one found 8 though there is not mignan that convoy whoidost

"holds

ter éditions known as

"It! on board for the use your next port

Tanother unili Books, traY

Some lifty to sixty voluntary workers help at William IV. street during the week. More perma Helpers would be ibana Imendin'" department-

immense sint

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