He pointed to the collapse of every great nation throughout history who had neglected the arts of self-defence.

He appealed to the youth of the nation to prepare themselves to guard their womenkind, their homes, the sacred soil of their country, and at that point was interrupted by a drowsy member of the audience with stentorian lungs, who seemed just at that moment to have waked up.
"What about the Navy, guv'nor ?" The orator swept upon the interrupter in his famous platform manner.

The Navy, he declared, could be trusted at all times to do its duty, but it could not fight on sea and land.

Would the young man who had just interrupted do his, and enroll his name for drill and national service that evening ?--and so on.

The distinguished soldier, who was suffering from a cold, fired off a few husky sentences only, to the tune of rounds of applause.