12 DECEMBER 1914, Page 13

MEN, MEN, MEN.

[To TIM EDITOR or TH3 "svEcrsroa."] Sin,—Let us not forget Lord Roberts, nor his plea for com- pulsory National Service. We do not want conscription ; but let the men be trained, and we shall in six months have as many volunteers for the front as may be needed. Compel all bachelors between, say, twenty and thirty to be trained for mili- tary service unless they can satisfy a Committee and authority that the work they are engaged in is more important for the country than carrying arms.—I am, Sir, &o., P. S.