VOLUNTEER TRAINING CORPS.
[To Tea EDITOR. or TEE .sracTaToR-]
Sin,—As you have taken such a deep and practical interest in the above corps, may I venture to ask your opinion on one point ? Would it be practicable or desirable to utilize in any way the Home Guards for the production of shells ? As Mr. Lloyd George truly said at Liverpool on Friday week, there is no time to be lost, and it occurred to me that the younger of us who are able-bodied, but through some minor defect are ineligible for the Army, could more profitably spend our spare time in helping at shell factories rather than spend our time in platoon drill, Sze. If we could be of any real help, we would, I know, devote spare time at nights, Saturdays, and two or three weeks usually spent in holidays in doing what we could. A movement of this sort would be another sign that we are not "playing at soldiers," but are out for business, and would certainly result in large numbers offering their services to their local Volunteer Corps.—I am, Sir, Ac.,
SPECIAL CONSTABLE AND HONE GUARD.
[We believe that in Glasgow this excellent suggestion has already been adopted. We trust, however, if the move- ment spreads to other industrial centres, that the platoon drill will not be altogether dropped. The Dockers Battalion is getting proud of its proficiency in drill, and realizes that military training is a help, not a hindrance, to industrial work.—ED. Spectator.]
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