Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-11
Boys Of England in Fever of Militarism
Baden Powell Has
and Now He Has 100000 in Learning
ESSENTIALS ia dierso Frontier mansLh

was DIPLOMA and the boys a. a rude
preferred cricket and football 10 SOL
dicrng Now. however. the hoy who
doesn't do his drlll and shooting prac-
tise IS boycotted and the crack shot
has oustcd the fast bowler and the
goa keeper from their position as the
school heroes Mr. Haldane. the war
minister has been clever enough to
turn the new spirit 10 advantage and
has recognized the school cadet COM
panics as officers training corps and
prescribed a course or instruction for
them
But # is not only the BOYS that have
been infected with the military spirit,
Mr. Haldaue's scheme for a territorial
army which everyone predicted would
be a gfastly failue, Is a brilliant sue
cess. The business war minister ahol-
shed the old volunteers TO whom sol
diering was more or less OF a picnic to
be undertaken only in fair weather ana
when everything was comfortable. ana
substituted for them a branch OF the
regular army under regular military
disclulino and liable 10 be called on for
active service when needed Everyone
predicted that the young Brton would
nor volunteer under these 'cOndltions
but everyone was wrong In less than
wear the establishment n 200, 900 men
was practically complete and there are
number Of regiments now with long
waiting lists
CIVILIAN RIFLE CLUBS.
But this is not an. Another movement
inaugurated by Lord Roberts has taken
hold Of the people like Wildhro and Il
is safe 20 say that If England were
invaded tomorrow by the kaiser. VIII
liam would be very much surprised az
the resistance ne would meet with. This
is the civilian rife club movement
which is also organized nationally and
has about 10000 members The men
practise daily or weekly with light rifles
and most OF them are now accomplish
ed marksmen Miniature ranges have
been equipped I'm cellars and on the
roofs Of business buildings. and now
instead Of spending the lunch hour
chatting the barmald in the nearest
beer house the clerks and statesmen In
the great London wholesale houses
spend the time shooting and Qualifying
themselves 10 take their places IN the
ranks Of their country's defenders
The military authorities. ! am In
formed. are considering plan by
which these rinemen may be recognized
as part OF the country's defensive
forces and given uniform or al least
a badge n something of this kind rs
not done and the rinemen turn out 10
meet the Germans n they ever do
come. they win meet the fate OF the
French franc tireurs The war office is
already arranging for grant 81 ann
muuition 20 recognized clubs. and from
this 20 formal recognition is n short
ana easily taken step.
ALMOST CONSUMPTION
To crown IL am. Lord Roberts intro
duced Bon the house NJ lords a bin
providing FOR universal military train
ing FOR The youth of the country. I'm
der ID everyone. dukes son and cooks
son. between the ages of rs and 30.
would have 10 serve I'm the territorial
army four months under canvas or
in barracks tho first year. and l5 days
each year tor the three succeeding
years. in addition 10 a certain number
OF drills every month az regimental
headquarters After the fourth year
the men would pass into the reserve
and would b. liable to can IN time Of
nat.oaal danger
The Bin OF course. has been defeated
this year. but Bohs' f. confident that
boz nye years something OF the kind viii
be written in the statute books. In
the meantime people must become ac-
oustomed 90 the idea The day has
gone hy Lord Roberts says when the
British people can Doe patriots by proxy
They can no longer hlre their nghtIug
done for thcm Az Britain is 90 hold
its place in cine world hritons must
make up their minds t0 do their own
nghtng n necessary
JOHN SCOTT