OUR ARMY A SHAM

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 512, 20 May 1909, Page 5

OUR ARMY A SHAM

ROBERTS'S WARNING, NUMBERS OF NO AVAIL'IF UNTRAINED. SPECIAL RESERVE. THE LORDS CALL FOR AN INQUIRY. iur TKhEOUAI'II—J'ItESS ASSOCIATION—COI'IRIQIIT.) (Rec. May 19, 11.66 p.m.) Londoni May i 9. Ah ini{wrtßilt debate baa bsfcurrbd in the fe)U£!> of Lords 611 tlio qiiostioii of botdihg kn inouiiy into tho condition of tlie Special lleserve (which forms part of Mr. Haldane's army scheme). The Grovetnment repfesentatftM; fifcifenuously ojjpaSod thß on the ground that an inquiry at tkis 'stage df tho arrliy scheme was premature. Lord Lucas, jPariliinentary TJnder-Secrbtary to the War Officej declared: If a commission sat it would demand the heads Of ttii Ifetis GSvJrnmont for neglect rather than censure the Ministry, who are making a promiiind aSUfflpt to t&\l« thß situation. - NfivcrthelcESj the motion, wbicli was ftioved by the Duke of Bedford (formerly bf the Grenadier Guards), was carried, it calls for an inquiry into the condition of the &(>edial Reseh'e, • rthicll it declares fcb b6 ''merely , a paper substitute for| tlio late Militia; 1 ' The voting waa: For the motion ... ... ... 73 Against thd fribtibri ,i. ... 22 , Majority for ... ... ... i... 51 ' 16 tho cotitso of the debate Field-Mar-felliil Lord fibberts fhade a striking spbecli. tie sSid: ■ 1 . '

I warn the Government and the country tHal tfie Sanger is ooifilfig ReaHSP every day. Great numbers alone, if untrained, will be a source of weakness. " It will trouble the wolf little How many • sHeep thM bfc< VVaP' Will Hfit b& S iham, but 6Ur army Is ti shaftii 'itfefe Trafej hdtlfed tnjf'd Bblxiftsi (siily/<jft6 hMll<kly. Thut. was—tiiat tkb Guvorhinerit; ekeuld takfitkb fcdtlftlfjf .ihto its cchiidofi(i6 afid frbtifcfj it te a ffeaiity bf thb diihgeh ' . fHlt SPiSIAL ftiislhVE, flib bid MiiitlH.Mt, tiattkfKS litis pointed fiat, Was ifiuef flp bbiiptibfl to., s^pyd. abfcdtl 1 t!l6 SpMSt Iteervfe jS. , yii6 .Sficcltll lteijfvcl MS ft It6thiiial felffelijjtli 6f.Bt)iuuo iittei recruited ftem tile bid Mllitltt: Of the 124 MllitliilMttßiibpj.fi hp.vfi tofi attSiSheil as tiufd of fbUrtil iiilttaiibiis ttj tlld 69 ftjjiutt.liwOfeilc ifl6iitsrß7 liq7o bedSiflfe sitfii. resefvf! biitaiiShsi alifl ii have been dlsbaliflcdi