We have dealt at length elsewhere with various problems connected
with the Volunteers, and to these articles awl also to a letter on the subject we would direct the earnest attention of our readers. Matters have reached a critical stage in the development of the Volunteers; who are in need of public support. Unquestionably they deserve it. The Bill introduced on Wednesday by Lord Lincolnshire giving to Army Council .extensive powers over the Volunteers will be specially useful if passed into law. Mr. Percy Harris's letter is most important, and shows what the Volunteers are capable of accomplishing. We sincerely trust that the Volunteers will be linked up with Lord Derby's recruiting campaign. It the men of military age see their seniors taking up arms, bos- om they refuse to undertake the duties designated for the young and strong P
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