Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Friday 5 January 1934, page 11


ANDORRA'S "ARMY"

Eleven Permanent Troops!

(Published in "The Times.")

LONDON, January 3.

The tiny republic of Andorra, in the Pyrenees, has created an army consisting of a major, elected by popular vote, four "staff officers, and six corporals, one from each valley. The other ranks will be provided by giving every voter a gun, the efficiency of which will be demonstrated by loading and firing it once a year in the space of 30 seconds. Bayonets, machine guns, and artillery are non-existent. ,

The buttons on the "army's" uniforms bear the motto: 'Touch me if you dare."