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what that sympathy and that knowledge meant on the day of the attack 
on Lucknow, then I understood what is the value of the perfection of 
regimental feeling which so long existed, and which, in so far as it 
still exists, is one of the greatest powers, the best possessions in our 
army (applause). All those things to which I have referred are motives 
which will support a man in the time of trial. But do not let us deceive 
ourselves; unless we have one or more of those motives we shall not 
get men who will serve us when the time of trial comes (hear, hear). I 
have a great regard for my countrymen, who all come from a great 
stock; but we must not put too great a trial on materials which are 
not capable of bearing them. There are young fellows passing into 
the army now, I know them, I see them coming in, and have spoken to them 
after they have gone in; they have, in the ordinary sense of the 
expression, no abstract ideas at all, their idea of their country is hardly 
an abstraction, their idea of their duty is a thing not yet bom in them ; 
in many cases their idea of the regiment in which they are going to 
serve is a thing entirely beyond their comprehension, a mere catchword 
and a name, something as yet outside their whole experience. You can 
implant all those ideas in their hearts, you can make them devoted to 
their regiment, you can teach them the meaning of their country, the 
meaning of their cause ; all these things will help to develop in them 
the magnificent qualities of the soldiers we have so often had to deal 
with in the history of our country. 
What a Man will not Die for. 
But unless you do all, or some, or one of these things, you will have 
a failure. And to my mind there is a great danger at this moment of 
those who are in authority over us, forgetting that there is one thing a 
man will not die for, and that is ninepence a day. 
Conclusion. 
That, gentlemen, is a summary of my conclusions, that is the main 
point I wish to try and put before you ; and I hope that at anyrate I 
shall on that point have received the agreement, and I believe I shall 
receive it, of gentlemen who have had the honour of commanding Her 
Majesty’s troops (loud and continued applause). 
DISCUSSION. 
Col. R. D. Eliott-Lockhart, Colonel on the Staff Commanding R. A., 
Woolwich, bore witness to the value of a Depot system for R.A. ; as a 
major and lieut.-colonel in India he found drafts from depots generally 
good, and as C.R.A., at Woolwich, received only one complaint and that 
was made in error. In 1895, when done away with, the Depot Batteries 
were doing most excellent work as a purely training school, and every 
recruit was getting sound average instruction. 
