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the Report on the South African War, as well 

 as by Lord Roberts, Dr. Macnamara, and many 

 other experts, every lad between seventeen and 

 twenty not an efficient member of a volunteer or 

 cadet corps should be compelled to give, at least, 

 four hours a week for two years to military 

 training. This would not encourage jingoism ; 

 it would give that restraint which comes from 

 a knowledge of the meaning of war. It would 

 make conscription unnecessary, and it would work 

 wonders for the health and strength, and still more 

 for the characters of our citizens. 



SEXUAL IMMORALITY 



One other subject claims our attention before 

 we close, and this, too, is dealt with by the 

 Physical Deterioration Committee, viz., the evils 

 resulting from venereal disease. The witnesses 

 examined were agreed that there was no increase 

 of syphilis in this country, but they gave terrible 

 evidence as to its widespread ravages, and especi- 

 ally as to its inherited effect in the second and 

 third generations. Sir A. Cooper and Sir Victor 

 Horsley pointed out that " owing to the com- 

 paratively small practical inconvenience attend- 

 ing the first visitation of the malady, curative 

 measures were frequently postponed, and the 

 tainted persons left to infect others," and 

 strongly advocated compulsory notification ; but 

 the Committee shrank from recommending this 

 step, and urge that a commission of inquiry into 



