The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-09

f-0-frS-JD-r OF them ScCIlE4 SSE1-
Ymeuts-5n particular, suffered nearly.
I Now We arg sending OFT whole GiTF-
Rions Of ter-itur1aas Sd that the army
al the front is being reinforced not
merely by territorial regiments JI1l
by the territorial furce rs z military
organization In the meantime the re-
serve balla1ipns Of which hare
spoken, are coming On fast a home
Mr. Tsnnaut pointed ont that he
had emphasized the organization and
work Of the tsr-5tDriais simply BE-
cause they were the part Of the Brit
isf military forces, which before the
war, military critics abroad had been
Ios1 doubtful The voluntary sys-
tenn had been eFen more strlktngly
5rsti5e6 fl the case Q. The new or So
called Kitchener army, which is en-
listed On the basis Of serriee OF three
years. or for the duration OF the war
and is recruited 10 fight il any part
Of the world
TO ulGsrSfan1s 5e Eslo, the
significance Of The voluntary system
difference between the new armies
and the regular army which has SO
brilliantly upheld its splendid rradi-
lions and which is and VIII remain
the back bone Of the British sxpedi-
donzry force IN peace tine, the
regular army completes with other
forms o. employment On what may be
called the ordinary plane ot fndustrT-
It's men are drawn from the class
which Is looking for work and which
II Il does not 20 20 the army, VIII 60
into one or other trades The no
neu- war was declared IN entirely
different section OF the population
was tapped
Tou mRsI have read Ii newspapers
and seen Jokes IN Punch aoou. re-
c-ZIitg whose wivss get separation a.
lowsncss, but WHO actually have IN
co1ss Of several thousand q year and
keep motor CARS These stories are
literally al6 absolutely true. The
new armies are z cross section d the
population They contain the best
men from every Stratum FROM the
ls:oc-sr 10 those wto used 70 be called
the 15ls rich
4 had z nan IN here 70 SEE ne the
other day IL was hu1s On short
leave from the trenches. He hss 70
Dr knowledge private means 0. 49,
G59 pounds year, yet his wife draws
her separate allowance each week
Ike The wife Of any other private. Ali
these nrsn have gOfs IN voluntarily.
and because - that because from
each layer O. Ire population. ZIG hare
gotten educated -eu and raga WHO
hare enlisted because they ere 81
ttuslsE-lc Tor riadzcatiDn q CIR
cause: these armies have been
trained much more rapidly than
woull Otherwise have been Cosgib5s.
Au5 you E-ow W. gre them the bs1e-
TT IN thei- training % sSDs-isGs
gained a the front There Is z, eff
cia5 issue 10 officers q new a--tsg q
notes from the tront-paurb sets
written describing chsracte-stIcs u
me warfare which TIE troc2s viii
have 20 take part in warning them
against 1uiELa-kss. snd xST11g -ne-a =
careful Account u the E-sd % things
wa&ca me enemy is E5xsiy 70 -,
These nDtss are spy,3s--e1.s5 bT
lectures H,taicn arr giTSBz to the bat
q. Zipns II tte new armies By officers
e. home on lsars Or w11p5sS. TseE
are constantly sen92ag oTsT ,es
days a. z time. stfes-s VITO ere trs5o.
ing n ms COUNTRY, IN order Ezsi
they may take & s5'e3 81 ne trenches
and come back - fi1d z ses2 reso.
ing for their wSs'k.
I = n<.6 q young pifcsr q here tie
ether gay, VINO 5Lsd sust cpras bar,
from the front where he aad been for
fortnight jae Nsss ertnusEsEtEc pTe-
the priceless value u tne assspns
which Es mac Iesrnsd 81 ras- soo--
t.1e. lie seemed % ~. TIC kaack
be azld. ~ d9agipg t.isellS~
] sEktS Mr.. TeunarEt sG5D7st tre
question q material 20 H,hIer II2-1
Kitchener referred 81 tis -seeu-
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