The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-11
~ 0be BRITISH CRISIS -
HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S S ARMY.
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

tlon. But the voluntary enlistment
principle has been preserved intact
The territorlals are enlisted only for
home defense and may not be used
except In the British Isles They
are, In fact, a militia organized for
the purpose of repelling an invader.
should the navy fall TO preserve the
invioIabillty OF British shores. The
tcrritorials may be compared to the
militia in those American states
whose national guard Is rated as first
class. They have a certain amount
OF regular drill WORK. some special
instruction. and must spend several
weeks each year in maneuyers. The
terrltorlals are, however. much more
closely related to the regular army
than the American militia Each ter
ritorial organization is connected
with some regiment OF regulars. and
the men have the benefit Of instruc-
tion from regular army officers.
The Boy Scouts" are another re-
suit OF the German scare. They are
Young boys in school who volunteer
10 submit to certain amount OF mil
Itary discipline and training. They
correspond to the high school cadet
corps of American cities. except that
Gen. Baden-Powell mas appealed to
hoy nature by substituting a khaki
uniform and a combination of wild
west and South African scout drills
for the more formal and exacting
dress and duties of a cadet.
The territorial volunteers, the boy
scouts. the Girl Guides" and the I'M
pcrlalist agitation generally has had
the effect of awakening a patriotic
interest In the army which Britain
never before has passessed Mr.
Kipling's scoldipg is no longer need.
ed The English are frightened and
they are enthusiastic about their
army. In spite of popular excitement,
however. the so-calied Blue Water
school maintains the ascendancy and
British relies upon its navy to save
II from invasion. This implicit trust
In the navy Is probably the only rea-
son why compulsory military service
has not been adopted II the Cen
scrvative party should again come
into power 1t is probable that some
system of universal service will be
Instituted
The British army is quite small.
It's regular force at home and abroad,
exclusive of India. amounting only to
40 600 men, OF about twice as many
as the American standing army AT
least 10000 of these men are requir
ed for garrison duty abroad The
regular establishment IN India com
prises about $4,000 white men The
native army is more than 115,000
strong. Including the colonial mill
iI1G fhn H.. IN
Tals. and all other ,orces composed
OF white men. the total strength OF
the British army Is 6S0.000 men Max
Ing similar inclusions, Germany has
more than four million soldiers, and
has practically all of them at home.
The United Kingdom of Great Brit
ain and Ireland, ever since the Boer
war, has spent from $125, 900, 900 to
SliO.OOO,O0O year on Its army. prac-
tcally the same as IS spent by the
United States, But India also spends
SlO0.000.0 600 year on the army, and
other parts of the empire expend
SeO,OO0.0O0. If the entire British army
OF 100000 men. BI:ash and native
Indian, be considered, the annual
cost is $500, 900, 900: or more than a
hundred millions a year more than
Germany spends TO maintain its i'm.
mense military establishment
Compulsory universal service and
small pay OF the officers and men en-
ables Germany to maintain IT'S vast
" superior army at only two-thirdS
OF the cost of the inferior British
army. II Great Britain must fight
Germany Tor its life and empire, Ii
bchooyoS the Britis. to be more
economical. This argument is the
greatest weapon in the hands of the
lmperialistic military party In its at,
tack upon the ttme-honored British
notion of volunteer army.