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THE MAIN ARGUMENT OF THIS ARTICLE IS THAT IT WAS ONLY IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS OF THE WAR THAT THE POLITICAL WILL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERTISE BECAME AVAILABLE WHICH ENABLED THE MORE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF MANPOWER TO TAKE PLACE. MOREOVER, THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE WAR, THE BASIC PREMISE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S CONDUCT WAS THAT IT SHOULD NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR DECIDING WHAT TASK EACH PERSON OUGHT TO PERFORM FOR THE STATE. A NATION-INARMS MAY HAVE EXISTED, AS SYMBOLIZED BY THE 'TREASURY AGREEMENT' OF 1915 AND THE MILITARY SERVICE ACTS OF 1916. HOWEVER, THE COMPLETE UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL OF THIS SITUATION PROVIDED THE MOST OBVIOUS SENSE OF CONTINUITY BETWEEN THE APPROACHES TO WAR POLICY OF THE ASQUITH AND LLOYD GEORGE GOVERNMENTS UP TO THE AUTUMN OF 1917. IN PARTICULAR, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MANPOWER PLANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A WELLDEFINED INTERRELATIONSHIP OF MILITARY OPERATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION REMAINED BARELY APPARENT.