, 1915-11-06

serves in the gArriSOuS of the United King
dom and ontlylng parts of the Empire. JhTs
gigantic force had been raised from the mum
hood Of the United Kingdom and HE En-
pire; he would not like to give pr ecise figures
but it was an unprecedented number of men
(Chtert). The contribution from India was
splendid, as well known (cheers). CANADA
had contributed 90, OO0 officers ana mn
(cheers), Australia 80, 600 (cheersl aud New
Zealand rs, 600, while South Africa after a
most successful and brilliant campaign ia
German Southwest Africa, has supplied i'm
portaut cortiIgents for service in East md
Central Africa, AMI in addition has furnished
$500 men tor service III Europe (reuewed
cheers.
The Prime Minister also referred, amid
cheers, to the splendid Contributions from
Newfoundland, the West Indies, C4ylou
and FIJI. He emphasized these figures
regarding the Dominions and the Colo
MES as being remarkable ana significant
but that even then they DID not include
the questions of preparation, mainten-
ance of the units in the field and the future
expansion Of the co%ntingeuts already sup
piled, nor the very large number of men
from all parts of the Empire who made their
own way to the United Kingdom to enlist.
(Cheers.) He should also add, to complete
LlldI dSD6CU VI tue StOiN, (Ilil III RuOtttSitIs
East Africa and the West African colonies
important additions to the existing local
forces had been placed in the field, and ii
other Colonies and Dependencies more remote
from actual military opsrntjous all defe tsive
organizations had received q profoun sam
ulue.
Mr.. Asquith then turned to the work of
the Navy in the transporting Of troops. Since
the beginning Of The war the Transport De-
p~artnent of the Admiralty had, for the Army
nlone, carried two and a half million officers
and men, 100000 sick, wounded aud purses,
two and q half million lo1s OF stores ana
munitions, and 500, 900 h rSes, mules and
camels. These operations had ia. lysd thon-
sands of voyages through sens winch at one
time were subject to raids hl German cruz
sers, and which even now, though believed
to be in rapidly diminishing strength, ire
infested by submarines. 1t was u most re-
markabIe fact that hitherto the loss o. life
in the whole Of these gigantic ovtIsca opera
tons had been considerably less than on
tenth per cent. (Cheprs) lie dbl uot be
lieve that in the history OF the world any
nation Of uny oge could proIuce u re.o &
comparable with these figures, which cid NOT
include the millions of IONS Of stores currlel
for the nNvjes Of tine Allied c0uutreS, and
Mr.. Asqnith asked vas there anything & m
parable III history to the actual service OF the
Navy itself ? Cloud cheers)
The whole effective maritime resources ii
Germany upon the seas, after Is months II
war, we've reduced to the sporadic and con-
stautly diminishing efforts OF a few furtivo
submarines, which had sent to the bottom
far more innocent and unotfendjug civilians
than any military harm they hpa done.
These figures were more eloquent than col
umns eff rhetoric, and be could conceive OF
no better medicine for any who affected To-
be dowuhearted or doubtfal that tile Empire
was Playing its part in the greatest struggle
IL history.
He touched briefly upon the -cnmpaisu on
The Western Front, where he said orr total
casualties two weeks ugo were 377, 900 Or
considerably moe than twice the total II
the original eXpeditionary force. Happily
there has been a very large percentage Of
recover'ps from wounds, which made the
net permanent wastuge on a much smaller
scale. He affirmed that he could not pass,
without a tribute, The supreme fighting quail
tiles of the Russian soldiers, which were
never more spl-ndIdly or more eonspicuousIy
manifested than during Their recent retreat.
(cheers) The people of Great Britain had
the greatest confidence that Russia u'ii-