The local defence volunteers are coming forward in numbers which exceed the demand and far beyond our immediate powers for equipment and training. They are ready and eager to risk their lives in the defence of their native land. There is no group sulking or holding aloof from these activities.
It would be idle to pretend there is no criticism of the Government There is a good deal of criticism about the organization of our local defence.
And of course there is a great deal to be said about the lack of adequate equipment.
But surely all these are legitimate criticisms on the part of a people who are still prepared to do their best with all the weapons at their command, at the risk of their lives.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.