HALDANE'S ARMY REFORMS, 1905-12

• THE EXPEDITIONARY AND TERRITORIAL FORCES

  • Expeditionary Force- deployment overseas.
  • Territorial Force- home defence.
  • 1907 Territorial and Reserve Forces Act-yeomanry units and militia units were abolished to become the new Territorial Force.
• THE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS

  • 2 separate divisions- the upper division (based at universities) and the lower division (at schools).
  • By 1914, 20,000 schoolboys and 5,000 undergraduate students had enrolled in the OTC.
• IMPERIAL GENERAL STAFF

  • Oversee all strategic matters in the Empire.
  • All local units would need to be reorganised along the lines of the new British Expeditionary Force.