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THE ARMY
have been drawn from the Universities, Public Schools, Medical and Law Schools; from both Houses of Parliament; from the Law, Medicine, ranks of the Regular Army, and Commerce; and even from the Church. The two Military Schools for officers of the Regular Army have turned out per year many times the normal numbers. All these officers have devoted themselves strenuously to learning as much as possible in the shortest time, and they learned enough to lead their men most gallantly and to show an utter disregard for death. The Army to-day is a Citizen Army, in which the general standard of intelligence has never been surpassed by that of any army. It is an
