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Army Council. This Council was first established in 1904, when the post of Commander-in-Chief was abolished. The four military members are the Chief of the Staff, the Adjutant-General, the Quarter-Master General, and the Master-General of the Ordnance, and there is also a finance member and a civil member. The respective duties of those members are defined by an Order in Council of 10th August, 1904, and each is responsible to the Secretary of State for War, who is solely responsible to the Crown and Parliament. The Secretary of the War Office acts as secretary to the Army Council. See also the (English) Army (Annual) Act, 1909 (9 Edw. 7, c. 3), s. 4, as to the powers of the Council....
Council
Council, an assembly of persons for the purposes of concerting measures of state or municipal policy--hence called councillors.A municipal council, commonly called a town council, consists of the mayor, aldermen, and councillors, the councillors being elected by the ratepayers (women included), and the aldermen being elected by the councillors,the term of office of a councillor being three years, and tht of an alderman six. One-third of the councillors go out every year, and one-half of the aldermen (who always number one-third of the councillors) in every third year. See (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), ss. 17-23, which repeal and replace (except as to London) (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), ss. 10-14. As to Army Council, county councils, district councils, and parish councils, see those titles....
County Councils
County Councils. The elective bodies established by the Local Government Act, 1888 (c. 41), to manage certain specified administrative business of each county (see LOCAL GOVERNMENT), formerly managed by the justices of the peace (who are nominated by the Crown) in quarter sessions,and other administrative business mentioned in the Act, and consisting of 'the chairman, aldermen, and councillors.' The (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), consolidates with amendments the enactments relating to local authorities.The councillors are elected, for separate electroal divisions,' the qualification for elctors being that required under the Representation of the People Acts, and the qualification for being elected similar to that required for electionto office onany local authority. Ministers of religion are not disqulaified, and peers owing property in the county and persons registered as parliamentary voters in respect of the ownership of property in the county are qual...
War Department
War Department, a department for which the sovereign issues orders to his forces. This department was formerly united with the Colonial Office under an official called the 'Secretary at War,' who was not a Secretary of State; but an additional Secretary of State was appointed, for affairs of war solely, in the year 1854. [See the (English) War Office Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 17)]By the (English) Army (Annual) Act (9 Edw. 7, c. 3), certain powers formerly exercisable by the Secretary of State, and all powers of the Commander-in-Chief and the Adjutant-General under the Army Act, were transferred to the Army Council. See ARMY COUNCIL....
Commander-in-Chief
Commander-in-Chief. The army was originally under the personal command of the sovereign, but in 1793 this command was delegated to a Commander-in-Chief appointed by patent. The command was divided in the middle of the nineteenth century between the Commander-in-Chief and a Secretary of State for War. The latter gradually became predominant, which held to the abolition of the former office in 1904, the Commander-in-Chief's duties being divided between the Army Council and the Inspector-General, the Secretary of State for War being responsible for the Army as a whole....
War Office
War Office, the address and offices of the Secretary of State for War and Army Council.A child under guardianship. A ward of Court is an infant under the protection of the High Court. An infant is constituted a ward of Court by an action relating to his estate; by an order made on an application for the appointment of a guardian; or by a payment into Court under the Trustee Act, 1925, s. 63; or inan administration action, to which he is party, see Brown v. Collins, (1884) 25 Ch D 56. The control of the Court ceases when the infant comes of age, Bolton v. Bolton, (1891) 3 Ch 270; see Seton on Judgments; Dan. Ch. Pr.; Simpson on Infants. See INFANT.Also, an electoral subdivision of a borough for the purposes of the local government elections [(English) Local Government Act, 1933, ss. 24 to 30]. In boroughs divided by wards, an alderman or, in some cases, a councillor, not the mayor, is returning officer (s. 28). As to district councils, see ss. 36 and 37. Parishes may be divided into war...
Inspector-General of the Forces
Inspector-General of the Forces. An officer origin-ally appointed in 1904, whose duty it is to inspect the Army and report upon its efficiency to the Army Council. The office is now in abeyance....
Wireless telegraphy
Wireless telegraphy, defined in the Wireless Telegraphy Acts, 1904 (4 Edw. 7, c. 24), s. 7, and 1925 (15 & 16 Geo.5, c. 67), s. 1, as meaning 'any system of communication by telegraph as defined in the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1904, without the aid of any wire connecting the points from and at which the messages or other communications are sent and received,' it being also provided that nothing in the Act shall prevent any person from making or using electrical apparatus for actuating machinery or for any purpose other than the transmission, including the reception as well as the sending, of messages. The Act of 1924 prohibits the establishment of any wireless telegraph station, or the establishment or working of any apparatus for wireless telegraphy, in any place or onboard any British ship, except under and in accordance with a licence granted in that behalf by the Postmaster-General. Search-warrants may be issued by order of the Postmaster-General, the Admiralty, Army Council, Air Co...
Army (UK)
Army (UK) [fr. armee, Fr.], the military force of a country. From1689 to 1879, the army was regulated by Annual Mutiny Acts usually expiring in April, and by the 'Articles of War' which those Acts empowered the sovereign to make. In 1879 the Army Discipline Act (42 & 43 Vict. c. 33) consolidated the provisions of the Mutiny Act with the Articles of War. This Act having been amended by the Army Discipline and Regulation Annual Act, 1881, which substituted 'summary' for corporal punishment, and also by the Regulation of the Forces Act, 1881, a fairly complete military code is now contained in the 'Army Act, 1881' (44 & 45 Vict. c. 58), now styled the 'Army Act' simply, by virtue of s. 4 of the Army (Annual) Act, 1890.The Army Act requires to be annually renewed by an Act passed for that purpose called the 'Army (Annual) Act.' Such annual Act follows the precedent of the Mutiny Acts is reciting the illegality of a standing army in time of peace without consent of Parliament (as declared b...
Territorial Army (English)
Territorial Army (English). A body of men first created as the Territorial Force by the Territorial and Reserve Forces Acts, 1907, to replace the Yeomanry and Volunteers. As to the position of the Militia, see that title. The scheme upon which the Act is based is the organization of the Force by counties through County Associations (ss. 1-5). Enlistments is generally for four years, and with a right to the soldier to obtain his discharge earlier on giving three months' notice, paying a sum not exceeding 5l., and giving up arms, clothing, etc., in good condition, except that he loses this right when the Army Reserve has been called out on permanent service. All ranks are subject to military law when serving, and officers, other than members of the permanent staff, if on the active list, at all times [Army Act, 1881, s. 175 (3) (A), as amended by the Territorial Army and Militia Act, 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 37), s. 4 (1)], and Army Act, 1881, s. 176 (6) (A)]. The Force may be called out...
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