The military authorities however want, and Volunteers, we think, ought
unanimously to fall in with their wishes, to take away the right of resignation which now exists before embodi- ment. As a matter of fact, no Volunteer during war could, without proclaiming himself a shirker, exercise his right of resignation agairet the will of his commanding officer. He could not, that is, resign except on grounds of health or removal to some other part of the country in which there was no Volunteer organization available into which he could exchange. It will thus be seen that the resignation problem is a very simple one, and need not worry the Volunteers at all. By giving up this nominal right they are giving up a right which they cannot exercise, and in exchange they will greatly improve their military status and create that confidence in them on the part of the military authorities which they desire to create.
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