Sir Harold MacMichael, High Commissioner for Palestine, today reviewed a parade of the Palestine Volunteer Force. This is the first public review of the Volunteer Force since its inception about a year ago.
The Volunteer army, which has new reached almost full strength, is composed of British residents of Palestine and local Government officials, many of whom serve with Allenby during the last war.
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