The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-22
.ASQU|TA CALLS FOR
MILLION MEN IN
new MEASURE
Says Empire Now Has Million
and Quarter Actually On
Firing Lines
SAYS WASTAGE OF
MEN is ENORMOUS
Admits There Have Been
Abundant Miscalculations in
Prosecution of War But Says
Have Been No Warning

London. Dec. 21.-Premfer As
auith called for million more
men when he introduced In the
House Of COmnons today the gov
ernmenrs hill calling that number
Of men to the c0lors.
There are 1.2o0.e0o men already fight
Ing in the various iheaters of war
said the premier In a general survey
of the war, and the country must try
TO get out every man OF military age
who Is physically fit. as the wastage
is enormous. On September Is AIR. AS
quith had said that 100000 Britons
had enlisted since the war began.
The premier said today that large
proportion of the wounded were able
TO return TO duty. but that men were
wanted to make new formations in ad-
dition to keeping UP the present armies
TO their normal strength. Every avail
able man, said he. should be put In the
field as fast as was consistent with
provision for national necessities, In =
Guiding munitions and the vast field of
employment.
Mr. Asauith announced that LAeuten-
nt-General Sir william Robertson
chief OF stan in France. had been re-
called from France to become chief OF
the general stan at army headquarters
In London. succeeding Mathematician
eral Sir Archibald Murray Murray,
the premier SAID, lis proceeding to
an important command" which is gem
orally believed to mean that he is going
to take command IN Egypt
Go to New sphere.
The premier said that the, men who
had been Withdrawn from the Darda :
neiles campaign would proceed TO a
new scene of operations after a short
"a -1i n 1Nd matt rih
ute to Generals Monro and wood.
II was with deep reluctance that
we sanctioned the withdrawal" ne said,
! especially from Anzac, where our
Australian and New Zealand .kinsme n
won undving fame. This withdrawal
did rot involve withdrawal from HelIes
tat the tip OF the Gailipoli peninsulao.
where our combined naval and military
forces commanded the entrance of the
straits. Everything was brought of
except some stores and elk guns. which
were destroy
The premier complimented Field
Marshal French and his successor In
command on the Franco Belgian front
Sir Douglas Haig.
"A fortnight ago" said the premier
"a most important military conference
was held in Paris. The leading stra-
tegical problems were discussed and
certain important plans made with abb
solrte unaniMity."
Many Errors In. Calculation.
After repeating that the fundamental
facts of the war are steadily CROWNS
on the British said, he said:
There has been In this war an album
dance of errors In calculation, but they
have not been confined TO our side.
80 far as we in this country are
concerned. and ] know all our allies
are the same. oEr will has never way-
cred for moment, while our fghttng
resources. both in men and material
become evety month more amSle In
quantity and assisr modified ana or
ganized for the i.urpeaes OF the cam
paign"
He said that ai. Of the allied ma
tions hove that the measures they took
recently 20 e-irg about Coordination
OF plans will be successful. ant that