The Case for Voluntary Service the Handbook of the Voluntary Service Committee
The Case for Voluntary Service the Handbook of the Voluntary Service Committee
England Voluntary Service Committee London
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The whole Army is, therefore, like the Territorial Force, a purely militia body, normally occupied in civil life. We do not hold that it is for this reason unsuited to our needs, but it will not answer the purposes which the National Service League requires. The foreword to Fallacies and Facts contains the following quota- tion: "Regular troops alone are equal to the exigencies of modern war, as well for defence as for offence, and where a substitute is attempted, it must prove illusory and rui...nous. No militia will ever acquire the habits necessary to resist a Regular force. " Yet the League offers us nothing better than a militia ! We are bidden to be ready for an invasion landed by surprise in a time of profound peace before mobilisation can be completed. * Yet the League's army would be as peacefully in their beds as the Terri- torial Force ! The League appeals to Lord Roberts's authority ; Lord Roberts asks for a year's consecutive training to begin with, f and the League offers us four months !
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