VOLUNTEERS AND NATIONAL SERVICE.
(TO THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Are the members of the Volunteer Force expected, or invited, to join the National Service? Under the latter there is pay attached, and under the former none. Both are of national importance, and therefore a man can hardly be expected to do more than work at one. A definite statement as to the position of members of the Volunteer Force from the Director of National Service would be a great help.—I am, Sir, &c., A. DE C. WitsoN.
[The War Office has already pronounced officially on the value and the need of military Volunteers. There seems to us to he no question as to the duty of a man who is already in their ranks to stick to his job, and we cannot imagine that the Director of National Service would take another view. If a man has not yet volunteered, his choice between military and civilian service will depend largely upon whether he can give part or whole time.— En. Spectator.]
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