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it up or doing it. It is very much better for us to insist on the absolute 
necessity ’of our getting the cadres made so strong, and of our getting the 
numbers at home in proportion to the numbers abroad made so effec¬ 
tive that we should not be put into the position of squeezed lemons that 
we have been. That is what we shall get ; the other we shall never 
get. 
I think I have run over most of the points raised, but I wanted just 
to say as regards deferred pay, that there was one point of considerable 
importance, which Colonel Turner omitted on the Wantage commission. 
Eighty per cent, of the evidence of all ranks was in favour of it. That 
is a most important point, which ought not be ignored, when you have 
a fair representation of the army in all branches and in all parts, 
including the great body of the recruiting officers, who all gave evidence 
in favor of it. I think it would be dangerous to decide against it, 
because many of us, I, myself, among the number, often see bad results 
in particular instances. I do not know what Colonel Kilgour’s views 
are, but wherever I have been able to get the opinion of recruiting 
officers they are in favor of it, because even when a man who has 
earned deferred money makes a too lavish use of it, the result of his 
going home with it in his pocket tends to favor recruiting. 
It is so late that I will not keep you longer, gentlemen, and therefore, 
I may now, I am sure, with your full approval, return your hearty thanks 
to Mr. Arnold-Forster for his lecture (loud and continued applause). 
