10 NOVEMBER 1917, Page 3

In our belief, however, it is never advisable to yield

your plans to the bogy of Uncertainty. Let the Association of Volunteer Regiments proceed with the boys' scheme as thoroughly and as quickly as it can If we give in to one uncertainty we frequently create another. The Central Association is now in excellent working order. That is a certainty. After the war it may not be so. Therefore wo most heartily agree with what Mr. Perry Harris said in his letter. We have only to add that we hope that the training of boys in military discipline will before long be made compulsory. With boys, as Sir Robert Baden-Powell has always insisted, good citizenship must be placed before any military purpose. But as it happens, military drill and habits serve both purposes at the same time.