ECONOMY IN MEN.

King Country Chronicle, Volume X, Issue 909, 23 September 1916, Page 5

ECONOMY IN MEN.

VOH WAR PURPOSES. London, Thursday. An o'liciul announcement ban been made lhul, in pursuance of a decision by the Wor Committee of the Cabinet, u board bun boon npiioinlcd to determine all questions relating to the allocation or tho economic utiliaHlion of man-power for the successful prosecution of the war, uitd to direct the Govermenf Departments concerned. Tho board will create the machinery necessary to coordinate activities regarding the distribution and the utilisation of men and women.

Mr Austen Chuinburlin lioh been nppointcd chairman of the board, and Viscount Middlefon vice -chairman

STILL MOKE TIU>OPS

EVEU-PRERENT NEED. - London, Thursday. The military correspondent of tho Times, Colonel Repinglon, writes:— "The end of October will bring slackened activity, which will not be resumed on a grand scale till the spring of 1917. We must look ahead, and settle the questions of the reserves available for the spring operations. We must not entertain delusions rcgording the German man-power, which, despite lohhou and defeats, has still large reserves. Tbe 11)17 and, V.H.S clusgen have not been called up, and other largo accessions are available. Gerniuny will call up oil between 10 and n"0 years before admitting defeat, hoping to wear via down. Tho Allies must place in the field every available able-bodied man, for they have not yet sufficient for a decisive decision. It is estimated there are 5,000,000 men of military age available in Britain, sufficient to maintain 100 divisions in the field, if exemptions had not soviously encroached We must drastically reform tho Service Acts or tho Germans will bout us by organising their man-power. Ireland* is able to give ISO,OOO men, but compulsion is necessary to maintain the Irish divisions. Britain hua no need to raise the age limit until the younger classes have been exhausted. There are still '.5,000,000 or -1,000,000 exempted, and secure in civil occupations, and 1,7. r >o, <)<>() of military age wearing badges. If we are forced tc call up older men, we must use them for home defence, relieving the younger men for the front,