 In the summer of 1904, the Norfolk Commission, which had been set up to consider the existing state of the Militia and Volunteers, issued its report.It advocated a form of compulsory service—which was swiftly rejected by the Government—but also offered various more pragmatic reforms which were later taken up as part of the Haldane Reforms.The state of the Militia was reported as "unfit to take the field", and the Volunteer Force was "not qualified .. against a Regular Army".