On February 3, 1913, the Austrsian Conscription Act was officially proulgated.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    The Act stiptes that all male legal citizens who are 18 years old and under 30 years, except for students, medical workers, scientific researchers, educators and other important fieldworkers, must participate in militarized training twice a year.


    Theoretically, the military training is conducted in July and October each year,sting half a month each time.


    During this half-month of military training, everything from formation training to gunnery training is covered.


    Although these trained individuals will not quickly be qualified soldiers within a short period, they are more preparedpared to ordinary people who have never received any military training.


    For Austrsia now, Arthur does not intend to mobilize millions of troops all at once.


    This would not only damage the country''s potential for development, but the enormous military would also put a strain on the government''s finances.


    However, there is no choice, having sufficient reservists is also a means to ensure national security.


    In an era when other powerful nations have hundreds of thousands of standing armies and millions of reserve forces, how could the security of Austrsia be guaranteed if its military is too scarce? see ,em,pyr for more


    Even if the security of the nativend could be ensured, all the colonies and territories outside the nativend, as well as Austrsia''s influence and status abroad, also need substantial military strength to maintain.


    Although in Arthur''s estimation, Austrsia has sessfully achieved the status of a power in industry, economy, and military.


    However, even among the powers, there are significant differences. The status of power that Austrsia has achieved is only equivalent to that of lower tier powers like Italy, considered as the gatekeepers of the powers.


    It may seem like a power, but whenpared to top-tier powers such as Britain, France, and Germany, even two Austrsias are no match.


    The enactment of the Conscription Act did not meet much opposition in Austrsia.


    In fact, this is normal. After all, anyone who participates in military training during this period can receive a sry equivalent to the average annual ie at the time.


    And they don''t have to worry about losing their jobs because they participate in militarized training.


    If there really arepanies that dismiss employees on such grounds, they need not worry, the Austrsian Government and the royal family will see justice done for the employees.


    In fact, from the timing of Austrsia''s militarized training, it can be seen that the government had foreseen this.


    In most parts of Austrsia, January to June is the busy farming season, and it is also the time to nt wheat and other grain crops.


    From July to October, wheat is in its growth stage, which is a ck farming period. For the farmers and herdsmen of Austrsia, this is a period when they have enough spare time for militarized training.


    From November to December, it''s the wheat harvesting period, and the busy agricultural season starts again.


    Therefore, the Ministry of Defense specifically arranged the annual military training for July and October, which are rtively close.


    The timing from August to September coincides with the sheep shearing period. Thus, the timing of Austrsia''s militarized training almost perfectly avoids the busy agricultural and pastoral periods.


    As for the financial burden that annual militarized training brings to the Ministry of Defense, after Minister Raul''s calctions, the rough figure was around 6 million Australian dors.


    Among these, there are about 1 million male citizens of Austrsia who are 18 years old and under 30 years old.


    After deducting students and some important positions, the number of people participating in military training each year is about 800,000.


    Two training sessions in total mean providing a month''s sry for these 800,000 people, about 4.2 Australian dors per person, in total around 331 million Australian dors.


    Although there are 800,000 people participating in the training, that doesn''t mean the government has to provide weapons for them all.


    In fact, the training can be staggered. Of these 800,000 people, only about 100,000 to 200,000 rifles are needed so that everyone can fire a few dozen bullets during their training.


    Adding up all the expenditure, Minister Raul gave an approximate figure of about 6 million Australian dors.


    This amount is not too high for the Ministry of Defense and is affordable.


    Of course, representing the royal family, Arthur also expected to take action. Thus, he directly stated that the royal family would bear the sries of all those undergoing militarized training.


    Considering this, the royal family would cover around 300 million Australian dors, and the government would cover around 300 million Australian dors for the annual militarized training in the short term.


    For the Ministry of Defense, the added military budget for this year is not just that.


    The first is the proposal report on the increase in the number of Colonial Divisions put forward by Arthur. Arthur stiptes that by 1915, there must be 15 Colonial Divisions and they must have certainbat capabilities.


    And there are only two years left until 1915, so the expansion of the Colonial Division is imminent. The time left for Minister Raul to draw up the expansion n is pretty scarce.


    Fortunately, although a Colonial Division has as many as 20,000 soldiers, all the soldiers and most low-ranking officers areposed of local Indigenous Peoples.