TRAINING NECESSARY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 24, 27 January 1913, Page 4

TRAINING NECESSARY.

Aftor spending some weeks with the Montenegrin army a correspondent of the ‘Morning Post’ draws comparison between the. British Territorials an 1 the standing army, first explaining that the constitution of the Montenegrin army is similar in general lines to that of the British Territorial Force, This army is primarily organ-

ised in companies, of which, rough y speaking, each village raises one, the head men of the village being in command. The companies are grouped together in battalions, which, like th 3 higher formations, come into proper existence only on the outbreak of war, when stall's, as well as administrative service, are improvised. In physique and power of endurance Montenegrins compare favourably with any troops in the world, and also in the matter of personal bravery. The general resemblances borne by this array to the British Territorial Force are, summed up, as followslnsufficient training, instinct of obedience and discipline not strongly developed, staffs not properl\ trained, skill at arms only moderate, artillery inferior to that of the actual enemy in one case and of the prospective enemy, in the other. 1 his non-pro-fessional army, the writer claims, has practically effected nothing during the war. Its story is the story of an army which while composed of splendidly brave men, has, through inefficiency and inadequate equipment, failed to make headway against the p> esent-day Turk.