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musJ either form part of the one Regular Army and
be trained and disciplined as such, or must be auxiliary
forces such as the Militia, Volunteers, and Yeomanry
now are, not so fully trained as the Regular soldiers
and only to be called out on emergency, but still
sufficiently trained to form part of the fighting line.
What should be the numbers of such forces? On
this head I should be disposed to accept the promise
of Mr. 'Brodrick that he a.ims at about 150,000 of
Militia and Militia Reserve, 250,000 Volunteers, and
50,000 Yeomanry, giving a force in all of 450,000, or
say, making deductions for recruits and youths as in
the case of Regulars, 350,000. This would give in all
an army on full war strength, not including recruits or
men unfit for service, "as follows:
Regular Army, including garrisons 27 0 ,000
Regular Army Reserve . . . . 160,000
Auxiliary forces. . . . . . . 35 0 ,000
780,000

Deducting the garrisons at home and abroad the num-
bers would be 620,000, and would suffice, perhaps, to
raise the army in the field for any specific purpose
from the figure of 160,000 above stated to one of about
400,000, which the numbers in reserve would suffice to
replenish for a considerable time.

Looking at the matter in detail we cannot say, I be-
lieve, that the figures stated for the Army on a peace
and on a war footing are too high. The total of the
Army on a full war footing is obviously somewhat
speculative. As the contingency cannot occur without
our having some time and warning to develop all the
force required, the question has not perhaps the urgency
of other Army questions; but, with this exception, all
the various questions are most urgent indeed,especially
the question of the peace establishment of the Army.
The work it may be called on to do is mostly of a kind