In addition, an enormous number of National Reservists did not
wait to be called up, but went straight into the ranks during the great recruiting boom which followed the retreat from Mons. Aleo it is only fair to enumerate as part of the achievement of the National Reserve the great influx of old Militiamen and old Volunteers into the ranks, even though they had not been National Reservists in peace time. For unquestionably the organization of the National Reserve kept alive the military spirit amongst all trained men. The National Reserve created an ideal and maintained a standard which when war came were of the greatest service. Wo have on several occasions asked for a return of the numbers of men who entered the service of the Crown through the National Reserve organization, but have not been able to obtain it. Surely we should pause before anything is done to destroy the machinery which created the National Reserve.
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