In your day a man was not ashamed to be grossly ignorant of all trades except his own, but such ignorance would not be consistent with our idea of placing every one in a position to select intelligently the occupation for which he has most taste.

Usually long before he is mustered into service a young man has found out the pursuit he wants to follow, has acquired a great deal of knowledge about it, and is waiting impatiently the time when he can enlist in its ranks." "Surely," I said, "it can hardly be that the number of volunteers for any trade is exactly the number needed in that trade.

It must be generally either under or over the demand." "The supply of volunteers is always expected to fully equal the demand," replied Dr.Leete.

"It is the business of the administration to see that this is the case.

The rate of volunteering for each trade is closely watched.