make a record for efficiency new british armies perfectly organized and fitted out for business of war HIGH IDEALS ARE followed standard set gy y gallant for force which went out to mons mona closely fol lowed in training thou sands of recruits recruit london great britaina Brit ains new armies are nr now so perfectly organized and fitted out that one may be likely to lose sight ot the greatness of their creation and tile tho unexampled difficulties dIfficult les that had to be surmounted there was a sorry tatterdemalion stage duel duo to shortage of boots uniforms and BO 00 forth 1 the tiny army that went out to mons lions in august 1014 1914 was probably the 04 best body of troops ln in europe for its size its high standard was that which those training tho the now new armies had bad before them as tin ideal tho the first it 17 months of the war was the difficult period arlod nearly all tile the efficient effi clent in instructors lind had gono gone abroad with tile wen tuen who ho added another laurel to En glands military record in tho the great retreat crom rom mom at the outbreak of war the accommodation mo dation available for single men in barracks in the british isles was hardly units costs of recruits poured tn in it was difficult to get timber labor inspectors to alcho camps water and gas or electric light hail to bi be laid old roads were repaired d new ones and special lines of 0 railroad laid to all tho the largest camps civilian clothing Us d in the ho clothing dilemma vitlo the dozen makers of khaki cloth were being expanded 0 o two hun hundred arod civilian overcoats were bought ui up and served out to soldiers when war started tho the country bad fewer than rines rides of which only the authorized reserve of remained after the original force mob lazed on august 4 find been Ar armea and at that alino the weekly output of rifles in the united kingdom was wad under two thousand of guns there were at the outbreak dfwar only enough for tight eight I 1 the authorize 1 raer reserve er vonor or wasta wastage iv r V fr the greatest difficulties arose from lack of off officers leers to train the new armies on the lie eve ot of starting an order came to tile the expeditionary force from tho the war office that every battalion should leave behind one captain and one subaltern to assist in training that helped great greatly some two hundred of the indian army home on leave were retained for training purposes retired officers leers off dug outa were iero appointed in large numbers I 1 many civilians over the ngo ago of twenty five received their first commissions as lieutenants or captains the wisdom of providing a method of rapidly expanding tile the commissioned ranks by means of the officers training corps beci iino within the first benr of the war var oxford university 0 T a 0 provided more than 2500 officers for tho ther army cambridge fujil i hersity 0 T cj 0 more thail thad 2000 three northern universities more moje than 1000 and inns of court 0 T 0 more than 2500 new army off after nine months mon tile only nine months after embodiment the first now new army was sent to the front closely followed by tit second awl and third hven even some divisions division of tile fourth and fifth were ft fit to go to 0 o tile tho front barely n year arter they had been malsed and nono none of them gave it find account of themselves the secret of the 06 great atrium over difficulties 1105 chiefly in the he magni fl cent spirit of all ranks it if tiny any special rank Is to be picked out it is undoubtedly true that tho backbone of these thes nov new arnises was the junior mostly untrained or hali half trained they hey came to learn their work with their men and had no shame in telling them ro ao without any pro prejudice Judice ot of discipline not content with the exacting labors of the parade grou ground rid they ent tit up late preparing their work for the next day studying military nry textbooks practicing problems of stra strategy fegy and tactics at mess hardly any junior talked anything but shop they put posers to the majors tind and the colonels col onela which these its as willingly tackled they in fact all keen and on en their mettle and as aa on tile the whole they had been well chosei for brain power aud and aptitude to I 1 command they taught themselves and their aren ano no lia as they went tho the same saido tribute 0 ls is applicable in greater or less degree to all runs there was everywhere a determination to overcome soni somehow chow and to get orr on with the diew work rk 1