Rise of Australia

Chapter 101 Victoria Memorial Medal (please subscribe!)
After giving instructions to the officials in New Zealand, Arthur turned his attention back to the scene of the military parade.

Although the combined Australian army is only in the early [-]s, the military parade this time is very sufficient, with four soldier formations and two weapons inspection teams.

The four soldier platoons consisted of the infantry platoon of the Guards and the infantry platoon of the Wehrmacht.

The two weapon review teams used horse-drawn carriages to transport the two most equipped heavy weapons in the Australian army, the CA-1 machine gun and the MA-96 Maxim machine gun.

In order to maintain the solemnity of the military parade, the horses transporting these weapons and equipment are also carefully selected Australian mustangs.

The pure white military horses walked slowly from the other end of the street with weapons one by one, and the shock brought to the Australians was definitely not lost to the previous soldiers' phalanx.

These two heavy weapons and the M1897 artillery under study will become the most reliable source of firepower for the Australian Army.

Such a large-scale military parade is not without purpose.Not just to strengthen Australians' sense of nationhood, to convince Australians that they have a strong military that can protect the country and their security.

It is also to increase the enthusiasm of some Australian youths to join the army.Australia's army was still too small to even be reorganized into a full division.

In addition, Australia also has overseas colonies such as New Guinea, so it is very necessary to expand the size of the army.

According to Arthur's initial estimate, Australia will launch a conscription plan in the new year.Not only to expand the size of the army, but also to prepare for the expansion of the navy.

In terms of the navy, it is hoped that it will master the technology of the Brunswick-class battleship within a year.

Up to now, experts from Australia and Germany have worked together on this battleship for more than half a year.

Because of the help of German experts, Arthur's shipyard and Australian experts mastered it very quickly.

It is hoped that within 1902, the construction technology of the Brunswick-class battleship will be mastered, allowing Australia to have its own ability to independently build battleships.

While Arthur has no plans to build capital battleships right now, some cruisers and frigates can still be built.

The establishment of the navy does not mean that it can be completed with warships. The training of naval soldiers may take longer than the construction of warships.

After the dreadnought is born in the future, Australia is bound to build its own dreadnought.

Although it may take a while, it does not prevent the training program of naval soldiers to start now.

In Arthur's psychological expectation, Australia will establish an army of at least 5 people before World War I, and a sizable navy with five main battleships and dozens of small and medium-sized warships.

Of course, this is also a relatively large plan.Not only do you have to pay a lot of money for it, but you also have to master many technologies that Australia has never mastered.

But Australia's goal is definitely not a small Oceania.Whether it is the Dutch East Indies in the north, New Zealand in the east, or the Indian Ocean in the west, it will be the land that Australia plans to pursue next.

After the military parade ended, the cheers and shouts of the crowd did not stop.If Arthur hadn't stepped forward and stood next to the microphone, the noise in the square might have continued.

After waiting for the crowd to be completely quiet, Arthur said: "All the people, today is a day that should be celebrated. I declare that the seven-day period from January 1 to January 10 every year is Australia's National Day Week. National Day Week is a statutory holiday in Australia, and under normal circumstances all enterprises and factories should be on vacation. If there are major circumstances that require overtime work, they should be paid double the usual wages."

Arthur's words still caused a great reaction in the crowd.In this era when factories generally implement a 12-hour work system, it is not easy to have legal holidays and double pay for overtime work.

For these Australians, they are very happy to accept an extra week of rest each year, or earn seven extra days of money.

Of course, it all depends on the policy promulgated by their beloved Duke.

"In addition, in order to commemorate the contribution of the great Queen Victoria to the establishment of the Principality of Australia, and to recognize the contributions of all citizens to Australia in the future, the royal family and the government will establish three kinds of medals, namely the Victoria Memorial Medal, the Royal Knights Medal, the Australian National Medal. The specific issuance rules of these three medals will be announced by the government as a reward for any meritorious service to the Australian government and royal family in the future. Each medal has different reward policies, but the same thing is that each The recipients of the medal can receive ten times the annual per capita income of Australia as a bonus every year. This fund can be received indefinitely, even if the recipient of the medal is gone, it can also be received by the relatives and family members designated by him, up to the first Three generations of relatives. If no relative is designated to receive the funds, the funds will be shared equally among all his immediate family members." Arthur said solemnly.

For monarchies, medals are also a way to reward meritorious officials.In particular, the Victoria Medal created by Queen Victoria is an extremely precious medal even in later generations.

The Victorian Commemorative Medal that Arthur mentioned actually has similar meaning to the Victorian Medal.

While commemorating Queen Victoria, it is also honoring those who have made great contributions to the royal family and the country, and even saved the country.

This also means that it will become very difficult to obtain the Victoria Memorial Medal.As an important means for the royal family to reward citizens, Arthur does not intend to make the medal too cheap, at least the Victoria Memorial Medal.

Hearing what Arthur said, and the three medals and awards that were subsequently issued, most Australians were visibly moved.

Among other things, as long as you get any one of the three medals, you can receive 10 times the per capita income of Australia every year, and you can receive it until the third generation of relatives. What kind of crazy policy is this?
As long as you can get any medal, you can lie at home and get money without working.Even this money can not only support himself, but also support all his family members.

Almost everyone had an idea involuntarily in their minds, that is, what if they could get this medal?
People have certain beautiful fantasies about their future, and they all fantasize that they are the luckiest ones.

Many Australians can't wait to wait for the government's latest news about these three medals after the National Day event.

As long as any one is easy to obtain, I believe that many people will take practical actions.

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