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Flight, October 12, 1916. ^ if ^ff First Aero Weekly in the World. Founder and Editor s STANLEY SPOONER. A Journal dovot«d to the Intorosts, Praotioe and Prograaa of Aortal Locomotion and Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINOOOM. • No. 407. (No. 41, Vol vm.)] Flight. Editorial Offut: 44, ST- MARTINS LANE. LONDON, W.C Telegram*: Truditur, Weetrand, London Telephone: Gerard i8»8 Annua) Subscription Rate*. Po«t Free. United Kingdom 61. id. Abroad 111 ad. OCTOBER 12, 1916. Editorial Comment CONTENTS •—— TKOM More Inlutkm of Labour Required ... Honour-for "ileppclin Slaters" .. 8JM Tbe £ogaglrjg Httn ,. .. .. .. 87** A British Trade Bank 87 The British Air Servicej 8/t The Flying Service*. Fund— Administered by the Royal Aero Club .. 87", The Hun Ketks at the H. AC : 876 The Roll of Honour dpi Armchair Reflectionj. By the " Dreamer " R80 Answers to Correspondent* 881 Airisms from the Four Winds 3 88. .. 886 8B7 .. 88u »9" .. 801 .. Personals ('orre&pondcnce The Aeroplane of To-morrow. By L. de Banllac Aircraft Work at the Front. Official Information t:rm-,li Air Work—A French Tribute The " I'yrenr" Fire Extinguisher .. Imports and Exports. igis-iQi* EDITORIAL COMMENT. |HE pressing need of the moment is men. and yet more men, Men for the Army and Navy to fill the j caused by the terrific wastage of war and to maintain the fighting services at the standard required to prosecute the war to its successful conclusion. Men for munition factories, in order that our fighting troops may be able to depend upon an ever-increasing supply of the material aid to victory—shells and more shells. So far as com • the supply of men for the Army, then are two ways in which the necessary numbers can i» obtained. The one is by the raising of the. age limit to 45, a step which is bring very seriously contemplated by the CVovernment, if, indeed, it has not already been decided upon. The second and much preferable method is by the process of " combing out," of which so much has been heard of late. We have called this matter the more preferable, and advisably so. Regrettable as it may be from the point of view of a great many men oi 45, there More Dilution of Labour Required. t Weekly, pwtt» 14. is no doubt that in a war such as- this the man <>t that age is not value for money. In individual cases !>< is, and more than value, but the individual case does not govern the principle that this is a young man's wai and that tit. gan* a- played new essentially one for the^young rhal being BO, it is obviously b.ul economy t" take the men oi 45 until the supply oi the youngei material has been exhausted. The principles being as stated, tin question then arise- How IS the siqijilv ol VOUB men to IN- obtained' To judge l>\ tin wary large numbci oi men ol military ag 1 es in the tn 11 and in publii places generally, the men aw hi The question is how they are to I'I made availabii Manx, ol course, will automatically <om<- into hm-when the tribunals deal with the final appeal \ccording to the latest available figures, nearly 400,000 temporary exemptions have been granted to eligible nun. and in addition there an some 200,000 appeal-, pending. These figures gm one to think thai the mesne! ol the nel are prettj laige I hot one reason and another a very larg< propoi tion of the 600,000 will entirely escape milit.u\ service. Probably no more than 150,000 will reach the fighting line. Manifestly, thai ftgurt 1 totally insutliiien! to the needs of the situation, and we must look elsewhere foi our manpower The Man-Powei Distribution Board has reached •> numbei of important decision', which have been issued through the Presis Bureau. In the com- mumque the Hoard observes that th« .,<.,..-• of labour dilution has been very unequally carried out in different districts and in different works. That this is so is notorious. We believe we are quite within the bounds of strict accuracy in saying that in certain districts the amount of " dilution " d not exceed one pei cent, of tic laboui employed. The Board is very strong on the necessity foi prone* dilution of labour, and goes go far as tn Ii is nil ONLY METHOD BY WHICH AN EXTENSION Till AGE FOR COMPULSORY SERVTC] ( V. I! AVOIPI Now, if the only way to secure 11 s• men without raisirif.- tin- age limit is by the dilution ol lalxjur, then the course is a perfectly obvious one laboui must be diluted in spite of the wail of the conscien tious objector. We are fully conversant with all the arguments of the trade unions, who se<- in
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