19 MARCH 1921, Page 3

The Army Estimates for 1921-22 were published last Saturday. The

net total expenditure is set down at £106,315,000, as com- pared with £164,750,000 for the year now ending. The Army at home and abroad, except in the mandate territories, is to cost £69,116,500 net. The Army in Mesopotamia and Palestine is to cost £26,496,500 net. Outstanding war charges are esti- mated at £10,702,000. The strength of the British Army, exclusive of India, is to be 201,127 all ranks, as against 233,057 at present. To this must be added 84,200 Colonial and native Indian troops and 55,673 sick and wounded men, remaining from the war, who have not yet been demobilized. The total of 341,000 is to be compared to 525,000 for the current year.