The report of the Commission would show that Lord Cardwell’s system of short service had entirely broken down, and that a change must be made at any rate as regarded the non-commissioned officers.
Morley critiques the failures of a military service system, emphasizing the need for reform.
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For this line of contention he was called an “unpatriotic trumpet of disaster,” and other names commonly bestowed on all men in all countries who venture to say that what chances for the hour to be a popular war is a blunder.
Yet he had prepared this document for the very purpose of tempting France into a declaration of war.
Can wool repair The colours that it lost when soaked with dye?
Individuals may recover from even serious sickness; it does not appear to be the way with governments.”—Mr.
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