New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-10

Increment o. the War, VII lie our pol
ICY IS one Of gradually increasing onr
effective forces. L. might he sand WIN
ruth that she must decrease whilst We
must increase
~ hold il 70 be most undesirable
that soldiers keen 20 take their place
in the ielG should be thus checked and
possibly discouraged. or that the COM
pletion O. this training should be ham
pered owing 20 the lack Of arms;
We have now happily reached a pc
riCQ when i can be said that TINS draw
back has been surmounted, and that
the troops in training can be supplied
with sufficient arms and material 20
turr them out as efficient soldiers
"The tine has now come when some
thing more - required 20 insure the
demands Of our forces over the seas
being fully met, and to enable the
large reserve OF men lmpcrat'vely re-
CURED for the proper conduct OF the
war 70 be formed and trained.
and one cannot ignore the certainty
that our requirements in this respect
will be large. continuous and per
sistent: for one feels that our gallant
soldiers i'm the lighting line are beck
oning with an urgency az once I'M
ucriOus and pathetic 70 those who re
main az home 20 come out and play
their part, too.
Registration Work Arduous.
"Tho work OF completing the regis-
tration will extend over some week.
Meanwhile. it is Of vital and para
mount importance that as large q mum
her Of men as possible should press
forward 70 enlist. would urge all
EMPLOYERS 10 help BY releasing al men
qualified for the service, replacing them
bv men not recruitable as the suit
OF age. or by women. as already mas
been found feasible m 81 many cases
What the numbers required are
1ikei,. 70 be il is clearly ineXpcdlent %
shout abroad Our constant refusal 70
Dublish either these or any other fg-
Drcs likely 70 prove useful to tie enemy
needs neither explanation nor apology
But one set Of figures IS available
for everybody. This is supplied by the
casualty lists With regard to these
l;e+s. however serious and sad as they
necessarily are, let two points be-
horne in mind. Firstly, that a very
large percentage OF the casualties rep
reeents comparatively slight hurts, the
Sufferers from which in time return
TO the front; and secondly. that II the
figures seem to run very nigh the mag
ritudc Of the operations 5 thereby
suggested Indeed. these casualty
lists, whose great length may now and
again induce an undue impression. are
an instructive indication Of the huge
extent Of the operations undertaken
and now reached by the British forces
in the field.
There are two classes Of men to
whom my appeal must be addressed
Those for whom it is claimed they are
INDISPENSABLE whether for work d.
rcctly associated with our military
forces or for other purposes, puoh'
or private; and second, those to whom
has been applied the ugly name oil
shirkers.
"As regards the former the question
must searchingly be driven nome
whether their duties, however respon'
sible. however technical, cannot IN
this time Of stress be adequately car
RED out by men unfit for active mill
tary service or by women.
And here | cannot refrain IRON
rayine a tribute Of grateful recogni,
ton 70 the large number Of women OF
every class and phase of life who
have come forward and have placed
their services unreservedly at theli
countrys disposal"