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Official Copy.
The Army Act. 1904.
[Printed in Accordance with the Army (Annual) Act, 1885... With the Amendments made down to the passing of the Army (Annual) Act, 1904.] xi+133pp., plus 6pp. Appendix, bound with Arrangement of Sections of Army (Annual) Acts for 1905 & 1906 (a further 15pp. in all). Printed by E. & S. for the King's Printer of Acts of Parliament. Contemp.
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The Army Act was the legal basis under which the British Government could maintain a standing army. It covered terms of enlistment, discipline & punishment, prisons & prisoners, pay, billets &c. This volume, the Act for 1904, is based on the Annual Act for 1885 & subsequent amendments. The 1885 Act remained the benchmark until at least the 1920s. To maintain its legality the Army Act had to be passed by Parliament annually, during the course of which annual budgets were reviewed & the opportunity taken by the War Office to amend the regulations here & there as they saw fit. Orig. plain buff paper covd. boards with red cloth backstrip, partial split to joint (but still sound) some rubbing & wear to boards, VG thus ex-RUSI with bookplate recording presentation to that body by the Secretary of State for War. Note: Although passed annually, the Act was not published every year. The issue here offered was the first published since 1901, & no edition was published in 1905. See illustration on our website.
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