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... is the purpose of the two following articles , contributed by a soldier and a civilian respectively , to point out how , without VOL . XLVII - No . 275 B resorting to conscription , the essential and necessary strength may 6442 20 .
... is the purpose of the two following articles , contributed by a soldier and a civilian respectively , to point out how , without VOL . XLVII - No . 275 B resorting to conscription , the essential and necessary strength may 6442 20 .
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... necessary to reinforce the troops in Natal and Cape Colony , without invoking the machinery of mobilisation , by which the certainty of war would be implied , only a battalion of infantry could be sent from this country , and it was ...
... necessary to reinforce the troops in Natal and Cape Colony , without invoking the machinery of mobilisation , by which the certainty of war would be implied , only a battalion of infantry could be sent from this country , and it was ...
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... necessary to apply compulsion of the Continental type to a force which must be largely employed abroad . There is only one course open to us , and that is to apply the Militia ballot without distinction to all able - bodied citizens ...
... necessary to apply compulsion of the Continental type to a force which must be largely employed abroad . There is only one course open to us , and that is to apply the Militia ballot without distinction to all able - bodied citizens ...
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... necessary variations . We , too , might have our burgher - army , all the more easily since our existing military organisations provide the basis for it . The compulsory power could be obtained , and I think will be obtained , by ...
... necessary variations . We , too , might have our burgher - army , all the more easily since our existing military organisations provide the basis for it . The compulsory power could be obtained , and I think will be obtained , by ...
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... Necessary drill need only be of a simple character , and efficiency will in the future consist chiefly in knowing how to shoot , an art which has never yet been seriously taught even in the Army . If a man expended in a month the ...
... Necessary drill need only be of a simple character , and efficiency will in the future consist chiefly in knowing how to shoot , an art which has never yet been seriously taught even in the Army . If a man expended in a month the ...
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