Excerpt from The War: A CriticismOur Allies and our enemies have wives and children, they have shops and farms and lucrative situations just like ourselves, but they do their duty all the same, and their cry is Country first, all else as nought till victory is won.' Compulsory service is democratic in every way as it does not leave the responsibility of protecting the country to the patriotic few to the monetary advantage of those who do not come forward, but throws upon all classes and on all ranks and conditions of men the same equal obligation to discharge in one way or another, whether by work at home in munition factories, or by active service abroad, the Imperial duty of defence.We have, it is true, great armies trained and in training, composed of patriotic men who have volunteered to serve with the definite object of helping their country in its hour of need. All honour to these, for very many of them have given up luxury and home and business to this end.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.