A Bill for National Military Training has been introduced into
the House of Commons by Captain Kincaid-Smith, and is supported by a number of Members, Liberal and Unionist, including Mr. Hills, Lord Morpeth, Mr. Rees, Sir Edward Tennant, and Sir Henry Craik. Though the Bill is inspired by the ideals which inspire the National Service League, it is in no sense the official Bill of that organisation, nor has the League any responsibility for it whatever. The Bill proposes that "from and after the first day of January, 1910, every male person who is a subject of His Majesty, and domiciled in Great Britain, shall, subject to the exemptions herein men- tioned, be liable to military training." Persons liable for training "shall be deemed to form the Territorial Force." Liability for military training is to commence for each person on his attaining the age of eighteen, and continue till his
twenty-ninth year. From his eighteenth birthday to his nineteenth birthday each person is to be deemed a recruit. Each recruit during his eighteenth year shall be liable to not more than forty-eight days' training, and during his nineteenth year to not more than thirty days' training. From twenty to twenty-nine each person is to do not more than a fortnight's training every alternate year. After the passing a the Act no man shall be made an officer in the Territorial Force who has not served the full training prescribed for recruits.
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