BUILDING THE ARMY
HOW THE SYSTEM HAS WORKED
(Received January 6, 2.15 p.m.)
LONDON, sth January. In his speech to the House of Lords, Earl Kitchener said :—
"Speaking to this House seventeen months ago, I stated on broad principle* the military steps that I considered necessary to me".t the emergency of war. That scheme was based on a definite plan, to secure by successive increases in our military strength an army commensurate with our power and responsibilities, with a proper complement of reserves and reinforcements. The scheme also aimed at keeping uj> th« army's effective strength in the field during the war. We further? had to produce for the army thus created the guns, ammunition, and military material requisite to maintain its fighting value. This scheme has developed under the existing voluntary military service system."
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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 4, 6 January 1916, Page 8
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