The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-29
ENGLAND TO FORCE HER MEN TO FIGHT FOR FLAG
Recruiting Has Fallen Off
to Alarming EXten,
and Recourse Must Be
Had to Higher and
Lower Bourgeoislc Of
Country

oNtbit III y
instance Of Lord Ilaldau" NOW ..,,
High Chancellor but then Secretary Of
state for War, in connection WIKI n,
reorganization Of the army, d.f N
substitution of the so-cdlled tarrUHrI,r
for the militia and volunteer fy'.,>
The CONSUMPTION law was known as IN.
militia act, and II used TO he S'suoud.d
every year by an act of Parliament
passed in tho expiring hours uf Zach
annual session.
Had the passage o. H. su..l,,ed
pension act been omitted any yea~
either by design or unintcntioaaly lilo
militia ballot system of cou4r,p.oy
would once more have com" nat, .ag..
force According to- the ,crm. o. t.s
law the sovereign. In coniun a.. W.l
his Prlvy Council. had tue r'gh' FOO o..
upon each county Of 'he United k.n..
dom. for certain quota of m.u u..
tween the ages Of eighteen auu '.uy
for compulsory service In IT,. militia
This quota would BE- furnished accord.
ing 20 the law by means ~ ballot. .si
tho persons exempted from the Ht,.~
by Statute wcr" peers. parsons article.
clerks, only sons Of widow ard go
,idcd that the militia thus r".ru,,d
should not bo employee for foreign s.-.
vice excep, where the men had gwen
their voluntary consent. 'h" H1i'-.
standing being that tho force you'd
only ~ employed for res st.rr as 20.
vasion ~ the British Isles.
In England tho militia svstcrn rs,, n
existence for hundreds ot years U".rs
- ,r.,
'ished by ac: Of Parliament thar SO
state is entitled to demand the Military
services Of all or any members ~ the
community for the purpose &C dome, g
defence" For the last ninety or % i'G.
bred wears. however Of th" N....ace
of the militia system the militia We, Pc.
cruited purely by voluntary enlistment
and not by corSCriptiou, under he
militia act.
Indeed. British statesmen ha," a.
ways manifested a pronounced r"pIg.
nance in the past to conscr!p ion, co., ne
ground that It rarely furnished AN III.
cient fighting force or could ho l"u.oi
upon as a valuable factor IN tn s's-
tenn of military defence If any coDH'fv.
and also because the idea Of comp TX
men To- figh. has always been rep,.llH:
to English speaking races. The drt':
riots in 1s63 n New York and e,sewH-r.
in this country furnish n"'t.e
demons ration thereof.
In all the wars I'm which England -
been engaged during the pas century
she has always managed t. uu' .''o
the field sufficient number "t w'l ~
means OF voluntary culistm
through iA" employment ~ i"-'cn
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