New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-05

A'O''T0 CL;.ooo :.
Mr.. Rooer' M0No' ''''>" ~ -
quoted ~ = L''N'" ,o.strot-
that the EnS'' y" ",'"' - ,o,u,,.rv
al one th'hs '"' 20. ,..,,.o~sa,
army cannot - 80 -. 10 wishes 70
service troop >,.t;orol Service is a
make ID - -. ~, evidence or asser-
good POM ~. nrr,oao Tho con
Non, Is "O' -. ~ ;s hetwsen the
trsst he ".'''' ,,.e.I.or .~r,{es and
rev BRUSH 81 -. 10 aArits that
the GernA1" -. or,anized = volun-
urea .-e-;.elv better than q volun-
t.( o. H.. ove~ been organized be-
- put be seems 20 th'nk that the
,.,,rv Of this war proves me SUI
..-or;ty Of sbt enemy troops 1t Is an
-.-;or In which he prooaoIy s'ah"s
E.,e
He seems 20 draw distinction be
tween a large voluntary army ana q
,rsl one; .r other words between 'he
fo,,es which England sent ABROAD at
,be beginning OF the war ana '""Se
vtich she has sent later But ooth were
voluntary troops; and no clear reason
a.. apoarert for the distinction Inc
original ezPcd'uonary force mas pee"
,.ellnigh destroyed. But the wastage
NJ war. as 1t went on was s'ead'y re-
haired by new troops ana 'he army
IRON, time TO time was reinforced OS
new units. Between tAe Sma'' anu ''''
large 4rmy there was '"''e-o.s e. al" %
solidarity "hlCn "'''''s - '''
Ca.74.io0.
highlands First Army.
ell A....,.- INV he conceded. The
..r ,5s units which went 10
'''. -. .t. o-ci7a1 REGULAR forces Of
- bo.b made part we're probably
x,,,. .vooos ever put into battle
IT.. had a. any rate. no
A"' 49,. co~r,ars with whom
eSvss @"'o'S say .slol
FHnT IOAk4Af 44NAF 90 at-r-T
'- ~. r~o-ob with whom they
AMONG .- r,.-...o, of+boir
stood SIDE by s4oe' Inc I'"s''
spperiority had nothing 20 do WIN the
..i....-,, svster, under which they
"'N"'~ g. - c;-,o, Tho,
we're enlls'ea. 81 '''''
Attorney General, now Home Secre-
-. . .,-,o when he WAS speaking
c.o,-o-,,,en, which
70 h-S oI'e- 40. =.
hated and dreaded compulsory sei ~
emitted G verv unmi.ltary opinion. lie
H.. QUO volurteer was worth
h''e1 ''''. -. .bo+
three coLsciipts' Al Opi''O''
ki,d contradicted by me whole course
A.''I' - ev,r,Dle of what
Of 'he val 90 IL.
happens when an able lawyer epplles
he lswver-m.nd TO q subject Of which
:" no k7owledge. The British
A' nos -. 1870 than tho
volunteers were cleHIS oe''e
German conscripts, but 10 say V"s'
we've three times better is 10 talk non
,,s Sir John Simon and Nh Robert
NcCormicS are both IN COLLISION win
the facts ...,
The plain truth IS tnat the DR. IsH
Regulars we're better than the NeI
u.ns because they had oeen longer
trained: and or the whole oet'eI
trained The Aldershot DIVISIONS o.
10000 men had been with the cCIoIs a.
lesst five YEAR, lnelr com IlaI 1-.-;' a.
General Sir Horace SmIth-DotIIe ZEN
one Of the best oiLeers then hvi l.
The retreat from MoHh sHD"0D S
he had made Of his men. Ihey saved
the French army; they saved fSIis'
they bstled Won kluck and drove MN
back from near the gases o. arr gu
from the MaThe 70 the my - ~
Alsne. No.Hi"s il we a.''G1 oor,na,-
%aI' peIhaps OF any wal In = The hattie
~ 49, ~ ~ FrercbEiike the
= -. '- -. ~ conscriDts-had.
= -.'o-.S, o.. 49, -. sLere The have
? 'ou.se 'i.s '@- - ,,.e1I,s ~ succes-
s!ACe '---o' --i no.; - - ~, +be
s S'- ~ p 49, ant that was
7'S"e' so 80 oors.,;rt
o"''S %ot,'oe, corscrints and
=. me- 'l''
what IL L"oheu'
Everybody now knows that the i'm
mobility Of the British forces on the
snort .Nt inty nave DeeA dl4O"SN ~
hold in FLANDERS and their iallure 10
rush the Germans out OF their
trenches have been due to the want OF
the right shells and enough Of them;
and 70 the want Of machine guns and
other munitions Of war. The shortage
~ shells and the rest had nothing 10
10 with the voluntary system OF re-
-ruitlaE.
u was due in the first instance 70
-ord lla.dane, who, as War Minister pc
fore the war; allowed the reserves OF
20 be depleted. To gave
money for electiOneering and vote
mongering measures, ike the lnsur-
gnce and Old Age Pensions Acts, he
stopped purchases Of war material. and