A SKELETON ARMY.
Sir Joseph Ward may bo satisfied -with the condition of things as it exists, but we can assure him that there is a verv iarne section of the community Who are “gravely dissatisfied. For this reason very strong support is being rdven to the agitation for a system of compulsory training. Ihe proponents of this movements do not wish, as the Prime Minister suggests, that the w hole of tl:** able-bodied raen>m the community should be made to . serve in the ranks, but they do contend that the young men from eighteen 1 to twentyone years of age should be made to understand field training.—- Wellington Times.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2057, 21 May 1909, Page 2
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110A SKELETON ARMY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2057, 21 May 1909, Page 2
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