The experience of the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, was the chief catalyst for Canadian militia reform in the years leading up to the Great War. Throughout the conflict, Imperial troops endured hardships such as high casualties, inadequate medical care and shortages of water, rations and equipm...

Neither the sure prevention of war, nor the continuous rise of world organization will be gained without what I have called the fraternal association of the English-speaking peoples. This means a special relationship between the British Commonwealth ...