Bisbee daily review., 1915-12-22

A NATION OF VOLUNTEERS.
 At last Britain is awake, ready fight her last man. And the spirit with which she has finally greatest peril of centuries is of deep interest to the United States, her sister democracy tiwe when we are reshaping military policy.
 The volunteer system has been weighed in the bal. in this war. In the opinion of most military men. it has appeared hopelessly discredited world-var fought by armies but by nations in arms has seemed prove the immense advantage of the universal service conscrpton plan that of voluntary enlistment.
 Great Britain has bluudered and blundered so far as her land forces were concerned. After seventeeH months of she has yet triumphed any front but been humiIiated by after defeat She ha muddled with assurance of finally "muddne through" Labor has baked and the nation has been divided The British people have seemed doomed be cause of their very freedom
 And now, al at once, they redeem themselves by ar amazing demonstration the latent possibilities tho volunteer system and the patriotic resources o free pe't..
 Lord uerbys recruiting plan to have turned the trick and market the turning point of the war H. insisted making inal trial of voluntary enlistment before yielding to the cmscripuonats. Au6 the resul is a nation in arms. just at the moment when her mics were expecting her to give up.
 What has happened in England is really almost in credible There are the United Kingdom about 5000 900 men between the ages of eighteen and forty In tho of the first year of war Lord Kitchener succeeded in raising army about sOOOOoO in itself ar unparalleled achievment though obviously inadequate to the task.
 The outcome of the last great effort has yet accurately reported apparently 3OOOOOO more recru its have forward in tremendous wave of enthus that overwhelmed the recruiting stations and re ouired extension time over many days to recorl ali the applicants.
 As matters stand least three of every four mer of military in Britain and Ireland have joined the army That leaves only 100000 to include all the sick and ncapacJated, all those required to make com merciJ establishments railroads etc. Germany hersel has large proportion soldiers to her popula uonuon The same ratio would give the United State. an army ol l4OOOO0O.
 Strangely enough even while the British volunteer. were mobbng the recruiting offices permission {, fight against the 1ermans the German secretary of tn, treasury addressing the Reichstag was saying:
 "on the golden pinars of the British Empire gleams in flaming characters, 'Ncne, meme teke upharsin h, falefu words that presaged the doom of babylon "W Germans" he added stand like rock rooted"
 But week by week the German lines wear thin am stretch and the breaking point while tE embargo ughtens and the food supply runs low. An, apparently long after Germany has drawn every available 10 the trenches thousands newly traine, British will be swinging to the front
 Its lhe old story, which impatient critics are ige to forget Democraces do mudil3 things but eventna! they have way of throwing their whole soul into th struggle Just because their people free and Iuas ters of their souls and bodies when they fnall aroused for Che satnft. tl!ey have a say of hghtin nercey and effectively than the troop of an autocratic government ever fight
 Win it not be the with this nation, if ever agai We to a great crisis?