. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. {generations of Britons yet unborn asa glorious example of Britisli patriotism. Great Britain lias never been a militarynation, but when, late in her history, the. SIGNALLING INSTKICIION IN THE CAMP OF TIIF. NKW 1ST LONDON MACHINE GUN BATTERY. need arose, the eatjerness of the youth andthe ripe manhood of this country quicklyresponded, and she became a military nationof the ffst imparlance. IHH; MOKISMANS battalion MARCIIINC. lO IIILII; CAM Surely the creation of this new Army ofmillions was an astounding-
. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. {generations of Britons yet unborn asa glorious example of Britisli patriotism. Great Britain lias never been a militarynation, but when, late in her history, the. SIGNALLING INSTKICIION IN THE CAMP OF TIIF. NKW 1ST LONDON MACHINE GUN BATTERY. need arose, the eatjerness of the youth andthe ripe manhood of this country quicklyresponded, and she became a military nationof the ffst imparlance. IHH; MOKISMANS battalion MARCIIINC. lO IIILII; CAM Surely the creation of this new Army ofmillions was an astounding- less so \vas the clothing and equipping ofthem ; as with men, so it was with material; we found, afterthe fi r s t f e of recruit-ing, that the diffi-culty of obtainingmen was as no-thing to the ditTi-culty of supply-ing those menwith the neces-sary arms fac-tories were work-ing day and night,they could notkeep UD with thedemand. But riflesand guns were notthe only necessi-ties for the newsoldier. His uni-form, his boots,h i s equipment,his underclothes—all these had to beprovided, and thefactories grappledwith the whole country was animated by adesire to help. W^hether it was
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