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IN the article “‘Preparedness’: The American Way”, in NATURE of November 2, the report of the Committee of the Naval Consulting Board, therein quoted, is in some respects open to criticism. That report says:Behind every man in the firing line in Europe, from three to five persons are employed to supply him with food, ammunition, and other needs. For the third step of the programme the committee lays it down that skilled mechanics in all lines of production must be kept from enrolment in the Army. Rather must bankers, clerks, shopkeepers, and professional men be sent. The skilled workers must be badged, and the only restriction imposed on them by the badge will be prevention of enlistment. Enrolment in the Industrial Reserve will be considered to carry with it honours equal to enrolment in the fighting forces.
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CAMPBELL, J. War Organisation . Nature 98, 228 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/098228a0
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