Cardwell Reforms
subject: Category:1870s in military history
status: Repealed
subject: Category:19th-century history of the British Army
short title: Army Enlistment Act 1870
repeal date: 1921-10-01
original text: enacted
type: Act
repealing legislation: Territorial Army and Militia Act 1921
subject: Category:Reform in the United Kingdom
commencement: --08-09
subject: Category:William Ewart Gladstone
subject: Category:1874 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
subject: Category:1868 establishments in the United Kingdom
royal assent: 1870-08-09
year: 1870
territorial extent: United Kingdom
citation: 33
subject: Category:Military reforms
parliament: Parliament of the United Kingdom
label: Réformes Cardwell @fr
description: Reforms of the British Army
long title: An Act to shorten the time of Active Service in the Army, and to amend in certain respects the Law of Enlistment.
collapsed: yes
subject: Category:1860s in military history
subject: Category:British defence policymaking