The Spectator at war: Senior service

From ‘The Windfalls of Soldiering’, The Spectator, 16 January 1915:

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James Delingpole

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This war is unlike all our previous wars, in that it was known from the very beginning that a vast number of men would be required. Thus it was plain at once that the only speedy way of reaching the front for the civilian of military age was by enlistment. But for the man over military age who has never had any military training, yet burns to do something active, the windfalls of soldiering still seem to be just possible. No doubt the vast majority of the older men would find it impossible to leave the country, or give their services for the whole war, even if they had the opportunity, but they can be drilled in Volunteer Training Corps.