Excerpt from Our National Army: A Question for the People How, then, can we do it ourselves? Simply by being ourselves the National Army. Behind the Navy, behind the Regular Army, there ought to be a nation in arms, ready to repel any attempt at invasion, and taking an intelligent interest in military questions. Our Navy and our Regulars would then be free to do their real work, of protecting our commerce and our Colonies all over the world. At the present moment they have to fight with one eye on the enemy and one on us ...
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Excerpt from Our National Army: A Question for the People How, then, can we do it ourselves? Simply by being ourselves the National Army. Behind the Navy, behind the Regular Army, there ought to be a nation in arms, ready to repel any attempt at invasion, and taking an intelligent interest in military questions. Our Navy and our Regulars would then be free to do their real work, of protecting our commerce and our Colonies all over the world. At the present moment they have to fight with one eye on the enemy and one on us poor helpless lubbers at home. Our Volunteers would turn out bravely but they have not been taught to shoot; they have no proper organization; a real war would throw the whole system into hopeless confusion. Many of us can remember when schooling was voluntary, and a few children went to be taught, while the rest were in the gutter all day. We should never have had real National Education without compulsion we shall never have a real National Army without it. We only need to compel all able-bodied men to do what the Volunteers already do of their own free will. Then, at last, we shall know exactly where we are, and be able to organize a real system of National Defence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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