If there is no mistake in these statements, and if
the Government really intend to make the reductions named, they are committing a most grievous error. We intensely dislike the notion of a Parliamentary battle over the Auxiliaries—there is no question of a party fight, as is seen by the active part taken in the matter by such Government stalwarts as Sir Howard Vincent—but if the Government persist in dealing the threatened blow, it will be absolutely necessary for all who believe in the usefulness of our civilian soldiers to offer them the most strenuous resistance. Consider- ing the invaluable help given in the wax by the Auxiliary Forces, it would be nothing short of suicidal to throw away this great • national asset. The Government logic seems to run in this fashion :—The Auxiliary Forces proved invaluable during the war. It is our duty to prepare for future wars. Therefore we will immensely reduce the Auxiliary Forces.
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