. The Great war. wars. In her foreign policy she had pre-pared for such an emergency, but the government at homehad not kept pace with her diplomacy. She was not pre-pared for a great European conflict. All armies to-day are national in character, but the Britisharmy, as it existed in July, 1914, had not developed as aresult of any broad policy of national defense. It had beencreated piecemeal to meet immediate needs in the coloniesand other possessions. It was strictly professional in char-acter, the service being purely voluntary. Such an armyhas always given a good account of itself; it mee
. The Great war. wars. In her foreign policy she had pre-pared for such an emergency, but the government at homehad not kept pace with her diplomacy. She was not pre-pared for a great European conflict. All armies to-day are national in character, but the Britisharmy, as it existed in July, 1914, had not developed as aresult of any broad policy of national defense. It had beencreated piecemeal to meet immediate needs in the coloniesand other possessions. It was strictly professional in char-acter, the service being purely voluntary. Such an armyhas always given a good account of itself; it meets as noother kind of an army can, the needs of a colonial empire,but it is expensive and, of necessity, relatively small. Itsexcellence is dependent on a long service with the colors,which of itself precludes the creation of a trained large reserve is required to replace the inevitable casual-ties of the peace units of the Standing Army in war, tosay nothing of the creation of the new units required to. Ml X
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