A SOUND SCHEME.
Subject to certain resorv*tions, this is a sound .scheme; but unfortunately Mr. Ar-nold-Forster couples it with 'plans for dealing with the auxiliaries which call foi the. opposition of all wlio desire- to strengthen instead of diminishing our military lesources. He proposes immediately to reduce tho volunteers by .some sixty thousand men, and to change tho conditions under which that forco exists- in such a way jis, in our belief, still . further to rob id of strength and essential efficiency. Tho militia he <kaires to abolish altogether, but recognising tho opposition that any such scheme will meet with in tlie^ country, he only a»k« to "take counsel' in the matter during the autumn. Viewed in tho light of Mr. Arnold-For-sler'a frank exproamons in regard to tho subject, this, however, can only mean ono thing— tho abolition of tho "militia. In these circumstances, it is essential that those who' do not desire to see the 'militia destroyed should insist that before Parliament separates a pledge be given that the militia shall be retained as it now exists, oven if tho Government will not promis3— ms they should and could— to improve it.
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Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 56, 3 September 1904, Page 9
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193A SOUND SCHEME. Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 56, 3 September 1904, Page 9
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