BRITAIN'S VOLUNTEER ARMY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15767, 16 November 1914, Page 6

BRITAIN'S VOLUNTEER ARMY.

There can be no doubt that if the war is prolonged the Kaiser will learn that the British Army is not so "contemptible" as he thought. Lord Kitchener has already a million and a-quarter men under training in England, without taking into account the colonial volunteers who are under arms in England and elsewhere. They are volunteers, at present only partially trained, but when they are sent to the fightingline they are no more likely to prove themselves "contemptible" than did the London Scottish Territorials when they met the enemy in superior numbers, and showed themselves masters of the over-trained Germans. It is reported that the British Government may seek the sanction of Parliament to-day to the raising of another million men. Nor have the British Dominions exhausted their resources by the contingents raised at the outbreak of war. Canada has already announced that by next November-if the war is then in progress-she will have 150,000 men in the field. This will not be a great drain on the male population of Canada. Nor is there any doubt that Australia and New Zealand will find men in proportionate numbers if they are needed to end the war successfully for the Allies and humble the military rulers of Germany. Even the Kaiser has learned to respect the fighting qualities of tho British soldier; he may yet learn to respect their numbers.