Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 19/6
Title
Printed article by Hamilton, 'A progressive or retrograde zeitgeist', 1889, advocating military training for all young men
Date(s)
- 1889 Jul 5 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
12pp
Scope and content
Offprint of article, 'A progressive or retrograde zeit-geist', from The Fortnightly Review), by 'An Indian officer' [Hamilton], proposing cadet military training for all youths, with continued military service on a voluntary basis, and rebutting an article by Colonel John Frederick Maurice (in The Fortnightly Review of May 1889), in which Maurice had advocated a system of universal conscription for the British Army similar to continental European armies. 12pp