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The Preservation of the Militia. By Colonel the Duke of Bedford, MG.. (John Murray. ,6d.)—Before making up their minds on the question of the Militia, we trust that those of our reader° who occupy themselves with military problems will be at the pains of reading this pamphlet by the. Duke of Bedford, consisting of a reprint of a series, of. articles which originally appeared in the Morning Poet. The Duke of Bedford is well known as a Militia Colonel of great experience. The pamphlet embodies a number of sound and practical eugges- tions for Militia reform, most of which could be carried out without much increase in the cost of the Militia, though greatly to its improvement. The Duke of Bedford ends by pointing out that if the Militia is allowed to perish, the "country will lose a valuable military asset which can never be replaced, and the death of the Militia most inevitably render the Infantry of the Line numerically unequal, even in time of peace, to their Imperial garrison duties." This point is of the utmost importance, and one which we do not believe has been sufficiently considered by Mr. Haldane and his military advisers.
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