audiobook American Defenses of Corregidor and Manila Bay 1898–1945 (Fortress) by Mark A. Berhow; Terrance C. McGovern in History

Description

The Kitchener reforms of 1903 resulted in the Indian Army that went to war in 1914; and this reorganized army is the one covered by the Dress Regulations of 1913; the last to describe full dress (see under ‘Army Regulations India’ in this book list). After the Great War there was another change during 1921-3 in which the 39 cavalry regiments were reduced to 21 and the 130 infantry regiments became battalions of 20 new regiments; and this was the Indian Army that went to war in 1939; less the 20th Burma Rifles which was transferred to Burma Service in 1937. These regulations define the sealed patterns of dress; clothing; equipment and badges; commanding officers were forbidden to introduce or to sanction any deviation. Full dress uniform does not feature; but officers who possessed the pre-1914 pattern were authorised to wear it when not on duty with troops who were no longer issued with it. All the new regiments are covered in this book