d the men who have risen up to save us.
In the beginning the more urgent requirements of the new armies overrode
all other considerations. Now we can get to work on some other
essentials. The War Office has authorized the formation of bands for
some of the London battalions, and we may hope presently to see the
permission extended throughout Great Britain. We must not, however,
cherish unbridled musical ambitions, because a full band means more than
forty pieces, and on that establishment we should even now require a
rather large number of men; but I think it might be possible to provide
drums and fifes for every battalion, full bands at the depots, and a
proportion of battalion bands on half, or even one-third,
establishments.

But this is not a matter to be settled by laymen; it must be discussed
seriously between bandmasters and musicians--present, past, and dug up.
[Laughter.] They may be trusted to give their services with enthusiasm.
We have had many proofs in the last six months that people only want to
know what the new army needs, and it will be gladly and cheerfully
given. The army needs music, its own music, for, more than in any other
calling, soldiers do not live by bread alone. From time immemorial the
man who offers his life for his land has been compassed at every turn of
his service with elaborate ceremonial and observance, of which music is
no small part, all carefully designed to support and uphold him. It is
not seemly and it is not expedient that any portion of that ritual
should be slurred or omitted now. [Cheers.]

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America and a New World State

How the United States May Take the Lead in the Formation of a World
Confederation for the Prevention of Future Wars

By Norman Angell

The object of this article is to show that however much
America may attempt to hold herself free in Europe she will
very deeply feel the effects, both material and moral, of
upheavals like that which is now shaking the old Continent;
that even though there be no aggressive action against her,
the militarization of Europe will force upon America also a
militarist development; and that she can best avoid these
dangers and secure her own safety and free development by
taking the lead in a new world policy which is briefly this:

To use her position to initiate and guide a grouping of all
the civilized powers having as its object the protect