11 SEPTEMBER 1915, Page 3

The most interesting statement yet made in connexion with the

Volunteer Training Corps appeared in the papers of Thursday. It was to the effect that the War Office have accepted in principle the offer of the Central Association V.T.O. to raise battalions for certain special services in France. We congratulate the V.T.O. on the new prospects opening before them. Only a small percentage probably will be able to break with their ordinary life sufficiently to serve in France. But as the greater contains the less, it is certain that the opportunity of performing much useful work at home will also fall to the V.T.O.