DEFENCE NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 431, 13 February 1909, Page 15

DEFENCE NOTES.

i ; w/' : : i ';: rS jS, : the c6urse?oi. ?a ; ienjgthy ■ and; comprehen- ; v : U.:: s eve review -of the :BritisU military;: year. or: y>i^ ; ;!/3:ig08,i%: 1, :. V ; ■ v aocdnipliahed; nothing' beydhdjtho formation ; V:• > ;r of the iTerritorial Force he would: have been ;• J'-\ {, ';:ehtitle<3-to;the-tna^a 'qf '■'. the;:nation;; -But ■ '.::." ; -Svßohem'e■■:for: so^consolidatuigr,the forces;of; ;,''!;■.' ; -: *theiEnipire.that no Power yrould think for *:•■:,: vii:moment;pf ■'ooming '■■ against::ua, : .:.Slottlyj. ■'. ;■>;:;'..: bit none the less surelyi'the Eegula'r-Army-t' \r" , 'vjv.-'V'ihevEx^iybhary..--Force:^B ; .been.--orgßmsed V ■;v»nd-trauiod;'Bo A : this .-rmoment :4 ; ready a^a.givon signal to,go oyer'seas and ;■■■■■;: S--^BtXikVanywhere.r.The. Special;Reseryeß_which ashes ofith? old Militia/are '■■■$ : ; ; jjlaces.they vacate, "^/.■■•V';''--iVaflU->bohbo^themJ-\Vr^a'msi^ : '''and equipped,; .■.■.:'. ■' '^■'■■r';'■ with" transport ■ j ;aad : ,:iammunition:;;.columDs, i V^-y-/■;?. stand tho iVrntorials; prepared;to meetJany, '.:■'< '•■:'.^invader'.who should':seek;tb. eei«e the•'oppor-. :■?.',■; '~: It is.the, our colonies will ' ; -■ v '■; follow suit, and that tbey : Tilllorgariise into ; • :•■"'■'•■. • three lines;; ; -Then; - : should the.jdall ■"'"■■; ; . '. ever c6me,;from;England,:Australia,:Canada.. ■\ " c ■C;-! ; Sduth.^Africa; :> Exp6ditiouary;.'Forces ) 'would ; : ■■:■>'.:••■:.''■ set■■•saili.vtogetheri! Special' Reserves , would ■■ '■-■ ■ ;;-.';hastily mobilise; , ; and,;behind:them : all;would; ''~■'■ ;; ■: .;be found .the Territorials/ .'lt is a dream that :•?■■'.;^:.^:isA^tWn.vthe'■/ ; :\^/v : l : ':\ ; liM- : -bi»n / tt'e ; /Eoal- ; ))f : 'Mr\:--HaIdaiie in ,1908.: , '•''.t■ v :.This;is;i.the;troad■ outline;of his policy., :- -;: ; i .the;;: Regular .' ;j;>,'. Army, but,that was,because he knew.it, did • v"'!''"'•'; not ueed'somuch. attention, and could safely ■: ''■'.:{ be'left:to v our:able,6enerai;officers Command- .'.'. , ;,:;:-' ing;- y.Oi~ these, -iieutenant-General i Sir... Lan ': ; ; : o:;;, HamiltonVhas been'sihgledrdut, as the soldier fr.rji- & .-of/, thes yeir.' : He has „■: conspicuous ; :;vl-;^>bility^ : . : :■;;. ;. ; :inemoranda■!.oni'-finirice^the' graining ,of.jhis v 'OS;.^>:command,; and;'•confidential:" reports, i -: hei'is-farTseoingfand ■practical.,! ','■':;';.: : Should-: (and'-.studohts.of tho ■ ; Si ■ 'eigns"ofrthevtimes are:'opehrito:wager that i,' ; -we 'shall.not ,: have five;more years of: peace), :v"'r--V-^he^will-'iind6ubtedlyv^e , Belect^d':fdr'.-.ii'Kigh.| : .' ;; ' command; >Ho is to.pome,^;during tho new ; : ;::.': yearV'to:the War and General Douglas,| ■':•; .':'•.:•': .goes Jto Salisbury.-- 'Lieutenant-Genei-aP Sir ■'.; : v '' ; worthily -upheld, ■ ■',:/■:■ ;the;.'tradilions-.of ; tho'important,-Aldershot ■ ; ■;.;;" command, and, though' following:: such va ■, -'' ;■' ■'': capable Soldieras General Sir John Irencli, • '-■ .r'-jt cannot-be.said:that,,tho Striking Force has .■■'-.■'■(':' v> '/done) , anythingrbut imake: further ■; progress | • ; " :■;¥ i'.'towards perfection.;/Perhaps.the most proin-. 1 :.:::::.: r: ,;:jnentof:his 'acts*iri:;the;,cves; of \fhe;public, ; ' ■"■i v during: these t'welye;niontliSj ; has' heen,nts ;;f;';i7 ; ''trustviii;iae v ■V,'"'-:.-''.:,: ina'nbeuvres,: he:'witliclreJ7.,all; ttie:-restrictions v:S ? public-houses, , r/'",ff : ;.iandi-has!:?n^ w. /abplislifed;.pio'qupta ;, : iiom: ihe : '■' : - -'P'il W streets \ of r ---'^X^-v'l'S;^~!4->^'-'''y\ : ,:::€-S/''TiielßritislisWa i rlpic^ c has; : - : V' ')^'"-^cl^ s6h?nje>^of;;,,nlobilisation;jfor^tbe:;,Terri-; \-;& : ;^/j; :i :M6biIisations;regulations; ; for ; ;the«whqle bf ; ;'■ m: .' ::th,o"militaryrforees|in: thevlJniled /Kingdom,' ■•: y-r'C includirig'' : 'thoiTeri;iS3rial Forces^ar©'.^^^ . - \ : ::; : i"-:-.i ing ;'. issued/iiSeeing' :that/,Count j f ;.:';; : ;'•';■'.will on■ ;'to; playran' ; limportant part. ;;.;. .o'y^ .'■'Cv;)' :• Jnents'of-ithe;Territori^]?orce; :! ■/ '-,;'.:':■; .inary-of i'the.iprwed^reVwluch'.woUd^obtain ~:■.;*' o^ ~;:?•■■v;.-;i . '.-.y; e riient.'-'? :i '-lA ;> ; '^"r'^'ltli'^ir-'i^V^: , .^-'':■' '■•: r;;;^v'V';"^ThVt;'jfem?'!- , ■;;'. :: :,;':;i: : ;as !.vK?.H v ■;K ; ! '-i r,^the v -; units- oh ,v feutivalso;, their. ;'; ; %;>i;-^ :?■ -Y-:,';; a?'alliihe: details'vpf ;>the;Yaribiis;scheines..of .•: \''iii<:ii tibn "cshouldi'beiinfefpretKl :in ■■th'evstrictly^ ■■'. '■■"■fi'.fs-i' territorial '. Kf a^implCprdcessifi^Thevunit'fcplace, ';V>' : ti'^v .and: •TO.'C.i : ''^',-ifethw^ ■v^/^p.-tinableVjtX^^Wlfil.^ ; ' r i:¥s.?allotted;TOde^-^he;'geri«al ; ;sche^;flf-'h^ K ■■' ■"£ ■■:\l^Vtn'e^TOifeis^^,ipJ^jrar^'6f'.'a;' i ::':-^;V^vision,:;iii^thejvfieJd'^r^^Sti^altrequire; W'fih y transpb)rt^iaminuniti6n;:';:equipment^ hO vftiiWrtl' : ;Supplies: : of;'>varibtiai;'kindß,;\.ip'>enable;'iti -:■:■, take::the;fieldltelf;[6n!the^dther>hahd,;:it; f- >';:::>'-;isSallottcd.'to,caast-iaefence'-dutiei, :it;will v!./'Vfi;v.ftta.^ '•'• ? ; v;:/: • eguip_ment,: ; and;^clothihgiSthanv'it^^aciually/ ?;:■ ■'s'ii 'i arrangements^ ; : ;*S'-' ; ':"?W;"niade'fbr;'"th'e : :accqmmodation;-; transport, ."„;■ :' : ':pA: and'lsvlpply \ for .i'su'dh at/'the "cbastrde-; .:■.; 'jtc/ .^^Tbese }:!} :V:; ; ',focial'.-arrarigemonts';.vKqwevery.frtust^nptv^be ■' i^; ?'.v,confuse!i:^with^hg&Mobilisationl^'atTarige-' ; K ■'■■ ''M'-l ;Cpnt. ;XThe;.n'ar:;eßtabJisliniest;^f ;: evory,;unit,l;e;g;;" : 'l- SS.5OJ l '?'(-' , ijmi]ieri and: I;;, ,v^;''.hot6esjj:Yi;hicU'.:should2:be,,;m^ -,i . : :v;>:; down:?in?,ai volume.: of >~spebialvjWair. : ';S'Stiibiis&^' ;;vyV;f;V:'.mente-for!'itM ; . : j\Tfr!}r riowj:,being puplishedfttFull Retails /as^rPgards, i- i.t: :":■}"!; the'-i'amiiunt fpf ■ ■harn'ess i : r'armsjv;-ami; i ,equii>Wftnt;^;and^sferes,'": '*wHich" •'■■•'^JiatsKouldrbV^fweivbd-ibyyaiiinitiat;it^:'place' of; : c ; ;'•• i : -?'■ mobilisation",' ■. are : :d6wri*in J vtabies::iff, ■ ?':;;'^;A?f puree/ pf .publication;^lt ;:is"|shbwn r i, clearly' s ;%!!•'ft ;whicH,'of/the : ;.articles; required' . i-yVj/?- .are^iheld^incpeaceyvwjiich^wilirbeVsuppliedon^ ':■; v ■.-mjlit'^T"'sto're.!? J '!''and-Svhiohi : . >.-,'..; '}i .•.■■ : ',:- i '"-.- i iJider .arrangements made bylCpunty Associa^ ?:Zi '■•[ ■■ ;endj; ; ,so is;:, cbn-r ■ijv/- ifW- fernbdy^it^is'lithis cbhtingeiicy :'■ ;aldno:i;Av;hicli V. : ' : : i; I- w^conl*^ jlated:/in:;tlioiMobilisatipn'Regular ■ \l :•'-'OiV,-;animals'' aridiTepicles required v for' : ,t]ie.use of 1 : Kingdom; :};. .:: ; ::; ; l.ur^'i&Meat^ ; ;'; ;^:,: ! ; y^ssocia^ipns^iil^be ,; calle(ison ]ttfvcp ; bperato ,'; j : , ,ih r.': ,w |th ;y; ::;-,;.-with] the::pblice |V^ ;(:■ ■;:::::" Guying; effect' toVtliese'/poWers.' ■••' Remount • and ■ atrtoiiiisS <<> ■ ■ v*:;v;: training; of i joldiers," Observes JMaibr-Generali :'! ':v;:^:;l'';::;S;^ 1 Baden-Powelli Jis'. : tb;teach; mariinarks-' ' ;:?■; -^:<, /jnaiishipy/musketry,-; , practice,^sitpbtingV ; and v ;-ii;;.^. : *JliQßing;dista'nccs:;.'. l THe)la.si>naiieJ:'wß , s three,, : ;■' r';- {™ewv*from vhavingrshooting ;:i ~■::: 'i the ,Boers s .'■long;'.before::thW war/. ~::Soldiers' ; I«■ " ip beat a' ] '-^^ : -'range^butanithoiieldvihe^Bberscbuld : -hit ' '.. : : V:V''running;men when ours failed;'■'■■■■'Scouting^ : : I,:: ;;;,■';■ leconnaissanco ■■y/en] second, ;tin .'importance/ ;i ":.-•;;::: Biarchmg. ppwers.^andyendurance;i.third^ and; -, -: Vγ. ; ■■:■:. actual;drill and manoeuvring in' formed- bodies ■ [ k. ;-';■! ;v.fourth.:;,:Scoutmg;:taught; a;:mah,ithe Kthrce- :.;.: '■■[:■> ■-•.' ;:t/,svof: ; soldie^-cpurage, ■: cominpn-sense,: aud ; ,; ;,V the;':'civilised ; h<;;;: v!' bred; man utterly 'lacked.; unless, he; happened' : ~. ,:.:>:.tb:be a.thief. or'<*.-poacher. 'In.home:defence r^ 1 . ■ :3:V ; ,EcpUting';wasiespecially:;t::valuable, :for- v our :;;■^^: iri;i?country which ; '•'('■ ■'«;ft *>?";'■ s yrJUige:: them; •{: -; : He.; justified -, spying :; |;V/:'-:;v;ahd:s.tatedi,tliat.jt.;played;a:-yory : w :•■■':■. vi.'Vpaft^ "fe-^/'-'^inieW^w^-the'fStele'gpfSth^ ■ : !ficer^whoi''returningVpne.:!night:"'to v 'camp;. : ;■_' i : :\ : -;v ; -;Bentry,;andvfbu ' ■;.',:?;;:;. cpuntersign^^He;! stood l ;stiir.for?a? moment^ his; ■:-^>v^t',.-;inind:-wasV"aii''absolute;:,blank";\-T'At:J^ '■'Is.'i y.; determined^to'•;■ bluff ■ib!ou§;'l and;: r :adyahcing; towards.-the:private^-' , he'j'wnispered:—':'Agin-' ; v- :•"•>'.•.'cpurti".V,:;■'■■?•-.•'• : :;''i!-:f:."i0^i~ : wrtfe^A^,, 1 ;;' ;■ \ "-■■.■■:-■'-';> ''Pass\jifriend;':-yAil?s: M\ |^- ;i .tfe 'rfsentry, {'■:'■■■ ,-;y- laidjHslbpingi-arms .'ngainV;;s;Corig'ratulating . - ' .V' himself :ou -the -i-woriderful-' intuition /he-: hid .'■•; : ; ;; ■'dispjayed,-:thb, pfficer; rode -;bn^;;But::as'iho .' '/'?■';■ i'.i passed :the: sentry;' that "individual : .;■ : mutteri;-'. , ":.''!.^-'!'-.-.■ ;.;•■/;■• :■ \-rii;',V :: : ;;>:'--'-. vv, ; : : ;:: .'.'.■.::;; ■'.'■'.-■ „•- ■'• ene with:-a' , different word.- ( ; : .What is the -rr-i;;:^:^■:';Wuntosign,Vl;■wonder?''-'::-^r^4::^^;K