to republish the following. paper, which This appears to bean appropriate occasion Sppeated originally in our issue ofthe 28th "August, 1894
"The young unmarried mon- were in front, fighting and exposed, the older and married men in rear, each in proportion to his age and his power, doing his country's work that is how Colonel Home describes the state of affairs in Germany during the Franco-Prussian War, and Iam sure everyone will agree with me that such should be the state of affairs in Shanghai, whenever—if ever—we are called upon to defend ourselves, and my hope is that in the following I shall be able to show it can be done.
In 1891 during the excitement caused by riots in the valley of the Yangtze, meetings were held in Shanghai and various organisations, and modifications of organisations, for defence were discussed but finally it was decided that two were quite sufficient, viz., the Volunteers and the Home Guard. With this decision, I, for one, have no desire to quarrel, for it embodies one of the soundest of tactical principles, that in war-ike operations (great or small) simplicity is the great desideratum, but, where I do think the powers that then were rather failed perhaps to rise to the full height of the occasion, was in the comprehension of what the organisation and duties of the Home Guard really ought to be. At the present moment men's minds are again somewhat disturbed by, the possibilities of trouble here which the war between China and Japan provides, and therefore the opportunity seems a suitable one to lay before the public a scheme by which the Home Guard could be made into a real and useful auxiliary to our safety. In desiing with the subject, I propose to divide it into three heads, viz., "The Duties of the Home Guard Its General Organisation, Drill and Weapons "Its Mem!
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