Though the sacrifices made by the men who have joined
the Territorial Force is most creditable to them, and though in many cases employers have shown great public spirit in giving their men leave to go to camp, even when that was inconvenient from a business point of view, we are bound to say that we cannot view the general result with satisfaction. Looking at the Territorial Army as a whole, what we see is a small percentage of the youth d the country taking upon
themselves a burden which ought to be shared by the whole youth of the country; or rather, as we should prefer to put it, we see a portion of the youth of the country enjoying a benefit which ought to be shared by all their fellows, for in truth, the benefit obtained by the men under training is the chief fact. In the same way we see a small percentage of employers voluntarily accepting a burden which ought not in fairness to fall upon their shoulders alone, but ought to be shared by all. When competition in a trade is very close, the man who allows his employees to enter the Territorial Army freely is actually putting himself at a disadvantage.
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