THE VOLUNTEER BILL.
(To ma EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.")
Sia,—This Bill, unless altered, will knock the Volunteers to bits. It will be found that not more than one-third of those at present enrolled will be available for Section A, and of this third I don't imagine more than half will actually, for medical and other reasons, be eligible for A. I understand no exempted man can do more than drill, and will not be entitled to capitation grant. Thirdly, those between seventeen years and eighteen years and seven months and all others not iu A, or exempted, are invited to continue drilling with no definite object before them, and are told by inference that their services will never be required. Why not take the bull by the horns and make every man between sixteen and sixty, who is not already in His Majesty's service, join the Volunteers? By this means you would have the numbers to choose from for any service without interfering with the necessary work and business of the country. Our Ministers might give an example instead of taking their necessary exercise and recreation in playing golf or tennis. Why don't they join the
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