Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 3)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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Identifikator:: 1896935311

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-237672

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 3

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XII Seiten, Seiten 1102-1670

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Title:: Part V. Imperial control over Dominion administration and legislation

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cHAP. Xx] MILITARY AND NAVAL DEFENCE 1267 Australasia ; the Monroe doctrine and friendly relations with the United States diminish risks of war, and the French- Canadians dread militarism ; compulsory training is there- fore not at present conceivable, though, in theory, all males from 18 to 60 are liable to be trained, and in war a levy en masse is possible. It is also provided that the Commander-in- Chief in the Mediterranean, an officer of high rank, shall have as a part of his functions the duty of visiting and advising Dominion Governments if they desire his advice at any time. Besides this should be mentioned the scheme for a general army staff called the Imperial General Staff, consisting of Imperial and Dominion officers. There is no attempt to control the Dominions, but it is hoped that the whole staff will in harmony work together at collecting intelligence, creating plans of campaign, and mastering all the thousand matters which constitute the intellectual preparation for war. It isthe purpose to constitute branches of the Imperial General Staff in each Dominion ; the branch shall correspond direct with the Imperial General Staff at the War Office, and 50 be in close touch with it, and an officer from each Dominion is to be attached to the Imperial General Staff in the War Office. The General Staff in each Dominion shall be autono- mous and in no way under the control of the Imperial General Staff, but the whole object of establishing the General Staff is to secure the advantages of co-operating. Officers of the Dominions, it is hoped, will also be attached at times to the War Office as part of the Imperial General Staff, and similarly the General Staff in the Dominions should consist in part of officers from the War Office and the Imperial army, so that there may be at home a staff well acquainted with the conditions of the Colonies and a staff in the Dominions well acquainted with the conditions of Imperial military preparations. This seems to offer as regards matters military by far the best chance of a suitable settlement of a method it was to be effective training must be insisted upon and the proportions of the forces adjusted, and a definite line of policy fixed upon and acted on. He praised highly the Military College, as Major-General Edwards had done in 1889. See alse Canadian Annual Review, 1909, pp. 275-88; 1910, pp. 585-95. + See Parl. Pap., Cd. 5019, 5598.

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