Download or read book Defenders of Our Empire, Vol. 1 written by C. Gilbert-Wood and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Defenders of Our Empire, Vol. 1: Biographies of the Nation's Heroes; No; 1. August, 1908 The present year will be a memorable one in the History of the British Army, for its re-organisation means the end of the most ancient military force of the realm, and also of the more modern one in the form of the Volunteers. Whether the changes that will make the Militia a part of the Regular Army, and practically turn the Volunteers into a Militia Force, will have the result of giving us a better Army than we had before, remains to be seen; but, in any case, the great publicity that has been given to the new forms of Service has brought home to the British Public a realization of the duty which one and all owe to those near and dear to them. While Great Britain holds command of the Sea, she is comparatively safe from invasion, but how long that command will be held none can tell. Nations were ever jealous of our power, and it behoves us to be always ready to strike if necessary, hence the necessity for every able-bodied man being trained to shoot straight. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.