In the case of the Militia, the extra men are
to be obtained by putting the pay on the scale of the Regulars, and the whole force is to be improved by training for three or four months instead of one. The Volunteer Artillery are to be given new guns, and to be encouraged to take more training, while the Volunteer infantry are to have modern weapons, and each regiment is to be allowed to enlist up to one thousand, and when in excess of one thousand a second battalion is to be formed. The capitation grant is to be increased, and the corps are to be encouraged to train under canvas for a month each year. More ranges are to be made available, and hired transport is to be paid for by the Govern- ment. As to officers, commissions are to be offered to the Colonies, the Universities, and some of the public schools. Finally, a larger number of men are to be taken on a three years' engagement. As regards this item, we wish that the special three years could become two—if two is enough in France and Germany it should be enough here—as in this way a large reserve would be still more quickly built up. As an inducement to recruiting, we would allow no police force, county or borough, to take men who had not served for two years in the Regular Army. Of course, nothing like all the men who would go into the Army in order to qualify, would become policemen, but the inducement would be very great. As men stay in the police force far longer than they do in the Reserve, the police force would be in no danger of being destroyed by calling out the Reserves.
