La question d'Orient depuis ses origines jusqu' à nos jours

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 3)

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Identifikator:: 89315170X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-76526

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Driault, Édouard http://d-nb.info/gnd/116222948

Title:: La question d'Orient depuis ses origines jusqu' à nos jours

Edition:: 6. éd. mise au courant des derniers événements

Place of publication:: Paris

Publisher:: Librairie Félix Alcan

Year of publication:: 1914

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XV, 411 Seiten)

Collection:: Economics Books

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cHAP. Xx] MILITARY AND NAVAL DEFENCE 1269 which when serving in other parts with Imperial troops the Imperial Act is to apply, and the Army Act is generally applicable under s. 71 of Revised Statutes, 1906, c. 41, to the Canadian forces, while in time of active service in Canada or the Commonwealth with Imperial troops the Governor- General on behalf of His Majesty may place the troops under the command of a senior officer of the regular army if deemed desirable. But in no case are the Dominion forces bound to serve beyond the limits of the Dominion without their consent, and all the troops employed at Suakim in 1885 and in the South African War were voluntarily enlisted. In every case if the citizen forces are called out, Parliament, if not sitting, must be summoned. For the government of such forces on the voyage to and from South Africa and while in the Colonies there was some doubt as to the legal authority. Hence in 1909-10 court- martial 2 warrants were issued to all the Governor-Generals and the Governor of New Zealand, giving power to convene and confirm general courts martial held within the Dominion for offences against the Army Act. This, it was explained, applied to offences committed by persons enlisted in the Dominion under the Army Act, or to offences committed by persons raised under a local Act but serving under the Army Act. Moreover, a Governor could issue a warrant to the senior officer in charge of troops embarked in the Dominion if subject to the Army Act, allowing him to convene and confirm district courts martial, which warrant would cease to have effect when the troops landed at their destination. For the return voyage the general commanding at the port of embarkation would give a warrant to the officer for the purpose of the journey. § 2. Navan DEFENCE The defence of the Dominions from external attack has never yet been laid upon them by the Imperial Government. The result is that in naval matters comparatively little ' Cf. New South Wales Act No. 12 of 1809; Napier v. Scholl, 1904 S. A. L. R. 73, at p. 88 ; Commonwealth Act No. 15 of 1909, s. 9. * See New Zealand Parl. Pap., 1910, A. 2, p. 47.

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