15 JANUARY 1916, Page 3

No doubt the efforts of officers of all ranks, from

General to subaltern, and from subaltern to sergeant and corporal, will be strictly exerted to give the compelled men every possible chance and to prevent their being looked down on, but there are some things against which even General Orders and strong efforts by all military authorities combined struggle in vain. Do what you will in Orders, you cannot make Jones smile at Smith, or call him "Good lad." The most you can do is to make Jones leave Smith severely alone. But in this case it is the very thing you do not want him to do.