Chapter 101 Victoria Memorial Medal (Subscribe Please!)

After instructing the New Zealand officials, Arthur turned his attention back to the parade site.

Although the total number of Australian troops was only a little over 10,000, the parade was quite sufficient, with four soldier columns and two weapon review columns.

The four soldier columns consisted of the infantry and cavalry columns of the Guards and the infantry and cavalry columns of the Defense Forces.

The two weapon review columns used horse-drawn carriages to transport the two most heavily 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 parade, the horses transporting these weapons and equipment were all carefully selected Australian wild horses.

The white military horses slowly came from the other end of the street, pulling weapons one by one, and the shock they brought to the Australians was definitely no less than that of the previous soldier columns.

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

Such a large-scale parade is not without purpose. It is not only to strengthen the national concept of Australians, but also to make Australians believe that they have a strong army to protect the country and their security.

It is also to increase the enthusiasm of some Australian youth to join the army. The number of Australian troops is still too small, and it cannot even be reorganized into a complete 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 preliminary estimate, Australia will launch a conscription plan in the new year. It is not only to expand the size of the army, but also to prepare for the expansion of the navy.

In terms of the navy, there is hope to master the technology of the Brunswick-class battleship within a year.

So far, Australian and German experts have worked together on this battleship for more than half a year.

Because of the generous teaching of German experts, Arthur's shipyard and Australian experts are still very fast in mastering it.

There is hope that the construction technology of the Brunswick-class battleship will be mastered within 1902, so that Australia can have the ability to build battleships independently.

Although Arthur has no plan to build the main battleships now, some cruisers and frigates can still be built.

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

After the birth of the dreadnought in the future, Australia will inevitably build its own dreadnought.

Although this may take some time, it does not prevent the training plan for naval soldiers from starting now.

In Arthur's psychological expectation, Australia will build an army of at least 50,000 people before World War I, as well as a large navy with five main battleships and dozens of small and medium-sized warships.

Of course, this is also a relatively large plan. Not only does it cost a lot of money, but it also requires the mastery of many technologies that Australia has never mastered.

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

After the military parade, 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 would probably have continued.

After waiting for the crowd to completely quiet down, Arthur said: "All people, today is a day to celebrate. I declare that the seven days from January 10th to January 16th of each year is Australia's National Day Week. National Day Week is a statutory holiday in Australia. Generally, all companies and factories should give it a holiday. If there is a major situation that requires overtime, it should be paid twice the usual salary."

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 a statutory holiday with double overtime pay.

For these Australians, being able to have an extra week of rest each year, or earning seven more days of money, is still very happy to accept.

Of course, all this depends on the policies issued by their beloved Duke.

"In addition, in order to commemorate the great Queen Victoria's contribution to the establishment of the Principality of Australia and to commend the contributions of all future citizens to Australia, the royal family and the government will establish three medals, namely the Victorian Medal, the Royal Knight Medal, and the National Medal of Australia. The specific rules for the issuance of these three medals will be announced by the government as a reward for any meritorious service to the Australian government and the royal family in the future. Each medal has a different reward policy, but the same point is that each medal winner can receive ten times the average annual income of Australia as a bonus every year. This money can be collected all the time, even if the person who received the medal is gone, it can be collected by his designated relatives and family members, up to the third generation of relatives. If no relatives are designated to collect, the money will be divided equally among all his direct relatives." Arthur said solemnly.

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

The Victorian Medal mentioned by Arthur actually has a 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, or 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 rewards that were subsequently issued, most Australians were obviously moved.

Apart from anything else, as long as you get any of the three medals, you can receive 10 times the average income of Australia every year, and you can receive it until the third generation of relatives. What a 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 yourself, but also all your family members.

Almost everyone can't help but have an idea in their minds, that is, what if they can get this medal?

People all have certain beautiful fantasies about their future, and they all imagine that they are the luckiest ones.

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

As long as any one of them is easy to obtain, I believe many people will take actual action.

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