We regret to note that there has been a good
deal of opposition to the very wise proposal of the military authorities to give a badge or armlet to persons who have offered them- selves for the service of their country but have been rejected on medical grounds. It is an entire mistake to suppose that the rejected men would refuse to wear a " willing " badge or armlet if it were offered to them. On the contrary, they would accept it with avidity. On this matter the present writer speaks from knowledge. He has, in the county of Surrey, distributed some three thousand " willing " badges to persons who had offered themselves but failed to pass the doctor. Though the badges are only given to residents in Surrey, or to would-be recruits for the Surrey regiments, great efforts are made by persons in other parts of the country to obtain them.
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