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Having said that, a regiment that can only recruit to half strength has no future ahead of it - in wartime it is likely to be broken up to reinforce other regiments, or be heavily augmented by other units. In either case, esprit de corps will be hammered at exactly the time it is most needed.
I am far from convinced that the recent amalgamations were unnecessary, nor that in the long run they will do damage to fighting effectiveness.
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