The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-02-12 00:00:00

1.11:1E PROJECTED VOLUNTEER
REVIEW.

Amid the gloom of a severe winter and the
strain of serious political business in Parliament
it is gratifying to come upon, an incident which
bids us look forward to brighter days, and to a
period when for a tine Parliamentary strife will
cease from troubling, and opposing politicians
will be at rest. The Easter recess, although yet
some weeks distant, is in view. It is satisfactory
to note that the metropolitan commanding
officers have resolved upon taking steps for a
Volunteer Review to be held on Easter Monday.
There can be little doubt that field days of this
character have been of great value in promoting
the popularity of the force, and indivectly in
increasing its efficiency. When Bank holidays
were established, the Easter Monday Volunteer
Review had been in existence several years. It
was foreseen that practical difficulties would
arise in moving large bodies of troops on such
occasions, mcire especially on the first general
holiday of the year. The resources of the rail-
way companies were strained to the utmost in
order to accommodate the excursion traffic, and
troops could only be moved to any spot within
50 or 100 miles from London to the manifest
inconvenience of the travelling public. The
experience of last year proves, however, that
this difficulty no longer exists to the satire
extent. The review of 1880 at Brighton was
not only successful from a Volunteer point of
view, but the arrangements were all properly
carried out by the railway companies. It re.
mains to be seen what view the managers of
railways will this year take with regard to the
question, and it is fortunate that the commanding
officers have taken the matter up so early in the
season, as it will give them time to make
arrangements as to the practicahilit3 of several
likely sites for the operations. In years gone by,
Brighton, Dover, cud Portsmouth have at
different periods been the scene of the display
which has never failed to gather together an
enormous number of spectators. By holding
the annual review on different ground, there is
the advantage that more than one line of
railway becomes aceustomed to the transfer of a
considerable military force from one part of ti e
kingdom to another. But independently of this
the assembling of twenty thousand of on
citizen soldiers is a sight which an Englishman
is proud to look upon. The Volunteer Review
if it answered no other purpose, would do good
in one important way. It brings the movement
before the public in a prominent and popular
, manner, and by ministering to the martial
spirit of the people, helps to keep alive a feeling
of national ardour of great and appreciable
value in the consideration of the cause which
called the Volunteer Force into existence, and of
the necessity for its' efficient maintenance.
In cennection with this subject there is a

matter worthy of mentioning which has a
material bearing upon the strength of the
Volunteer service. The want of officers is
becoming more and more apparent. During the
first quarter of the current Volunteer year, no
fewer than seven lieutenant-colonels, six majors,
seventy captains, and 142 subalterns, have sent
in their resignations. But the accessions by
no means make up for the losses, and a loss of
more than 90 commissions in three months is a
fact which cannot be faced without some feelings
of anxiety. There can be no doubt that the
expenses of a commissioned officer in the
Volunteers are very heavy, the customary
subscriptions for the band and for other
purposes not being the least among them. When
the Volunteer movement was first startA,
officers were to be had in abundance. As,

however, it became every year more evident that
volunteering meant continuous hard work, with
but scanty opportunities for prestige the candi-
dates for commissions in the volunteer ranks
have become fewer. Without gentlumen to
officer it the Volunteer force ran but barely exist
and if the experiences of the past quarter is to
be repeated, it will become a serious question
whether a sufficient supply of. officers can be
found. Anything that would add to the prestige
of a commission in the Volunteers would induce
gentlemen of position to join as officers. For
some time past, however, there Las been a
growing disinclination to undertake the re-
sponsibilities involved in the proper discharge of
the duties of a Volunteer commission. What is
wanted is that the Volunteer officer should have
come sort of official recognition accorded to his
position. When a commission in the Volunteers
socially ranks with one in the yeomanry or in
the militia, commissioned officers in our citizen
army will probably not be wanting and its
efficiency will be properly maintained, with satis-
factory results to itself and to the nation.

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