Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-22
ANOTHER MILLION
ASKED BY ASQU|TH
Country Must Aim at Getting
Every Man of Military Age
Who Is Physically Qualified.
INCREASING RESPONSIBILITY
Regrets He Is Unable to Give
Results of Earl of Derby's
Recruiting System.

the House of Commons this afternoon
Il new vote for an additional million
men. Premier Asquith made &: general
survey of the overwhelming thcater of
war and the increasing responsibility
placed on this country for providing
arms and men.
Great Britain. he said, already has n
hghtinE force in the various thcaters
OF l.25o.O00 men, and. as the wastage
is enormous. the country must aim ut
getting every man of military age who
is physically qualified.
The Premier pointed out that what-
ever system was adopted to obtain the
services of these men. deductions must
be made before II would he possible to
arrive ut the recruitable maxim,n m
which tn" country must seek to obtain
He regretted he was unable TO give
the results OF the Earl of Derby's re-
cruitine system. The figures had rot
reached him until last night. and the
differences to be drawn required care
full attention
Applications to enlist under the
Derby plan had been made from dis
tant Hongkong and Rhodesa, he said
a large proportion of the wounded,
the Premier said was able to- return
to duty, but. in addition to keeping
up the present armies TO their norr al
strength. men We're wanted for new
formations and to increase the agErc-
gate of Great Britain's fighting force
Every available man should he put in
the field. SO far was consistent with
provisions for national necessities
REGRETS WITHDRAWAL
ON GALIIP0LI FRONT
Turning to the Dardanelles campaign,
Mr.. Asuuith said:
IT was with deep reluctance that we
sanctioned the withdrawal especially
from Anzac, where our Australian and
New Zealand kinsmen won dying fame.
This withdrawal did not involve with
drawal from Helles tat the tip of CALI
poll Peninsula), where our combined
naval and military forces command the
entrances to the strait
Everything was brought off except
some stores and six guns, which were
destroyed"
The Premier said the men withdrawn.
after a short and much-necded rest.
would proceed to n new theater of oDe-
rations. He paid warm tribute to G. m
erals Monro and Birdwood
Referring TO operations on ,hc
l.
plimentcd Field Marshal French and
lInig. He continued:
"A fortnight ago q most important
military conference was held in Paris,
attended by representatives of the stans
"f France, Russia. Italy and the United
Kingdom. The leading stratcgical
problems were fully discussed. and
certain extremely important conclusions
We're reached with absolute unanimity."
SO far as the war whole went
Mr.. Asquith said. ii might be that at
this or that moment what could be
called the superficial facts of the cam
raign seemed to he against the allies
ABUNDANCE OF ERRORS. BUT
NOT CONFINED TO ALLIES
But the fundamental facts. the facts
in the long run. are steadily and grow
inrly on our side, he continued. There
has been in this war an abundance OF
war errors in calculation, but they have
not been confined TO our side.
$50 far we in this country are
concerned-and I know all our allies
are the same-our will has never
waEcred for moment. while our fight
ing. resources, both in men and in ma
terial. become every month more ample
in quantity and better mobil:Zed and
organized for the purpose of the cam
2airu"
Referring to the steps recently taken
to bring a close" cooperation between
the allies. Mr.. Asquith said it was
hoped by all the nations concerned that
this procedure would lead to greater
concentration of purpose. co-ordina ion
Of plans. common energy and effec-
tivcneSs of action. lie added il was
satisfactory, though not surprising, to
know there was not one of the allies
who is not as determined as our
selves to win the war and to have
nothing whatever to do with separate
peace, but to persist at all costs until
our supreme and common purpose is
achieved"
Replying to Premier Asquith's speech
John Dillon said:
Before we sanction the fourth mil
lion Of men we ought to be told what
is the basis Of the governments de-
mand. In no case have the failures
of the war been due to lack Of men.
INA if the government enforccs con
scrirtion, the men responsible for these
failures must he removed
What is the use OF sending more
tIoopS 70 Dc ieu ny men IKE tnOSc re-
sponsihIe for the Suvla BAY and An.ac
failures"
SITUATION AT DARDANELI.ES
HANDLED MAGNIFICENTI.Y
John Redmond. the Irish Nationalist
leader. said that the House learned
with deepest thankfulness how magnin-
Gently the situation hau been handled
by General Monro and the admiral in
charge 1t the Dartlanelles. He com
planned. however. that no details of the
Gallipoli operations had yet been re-
ccived from General Sir Ian Hamilton,
formerly in command and character
lied 1t AS n scandal"
He added that, unfortunately. he was
in possession Of information which