A proposed British African Army prompts disagreement over why such an organisation had not been formed. A reply attributes the decision to colonial administrations trying to save money by retaining separate regiments. Under that arrangement, the British government would provide the brigade and divisional support needed to turn those units into larger formations. The argument concerns who paid for the supporting organisation, while explicitly acknowledging that racism existed elsewhere in the imperial system.
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Who would pay for a British African Army?
The African-army discussion examines how colonial funding arrangements could leave regiments dependent on Britain for larger formations.