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Official Copy.
The Army Act. Revised to 1909.
[Printed in Accordance with the Army (Annual) Act, 1885... With the Amendments made down to the passing of the Army (Annual) Act, 1909.] 132pp. + 2pp. Amendments bound at end & Summary of the Arrangement of Sections for the Acts of 1910 & 1911 pinned-in at rear. 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 1909, 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. The 1910 Act not published hence additional material at rear. Orig. plain buff paper covd. boards with white cloth backstrip, VG ex-RUSI. See illustration on our website.
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