16 NOVEMBER 1901, Page 16

LORD KITCHENER AND OFFICERS' IMPEDI- MENTA.

MO TUE EDITOR OF Ta2 "SPECTATOR."

Snt,--I quite agree with " An Officer's Mother" in her later in your issue of November 9th. I also have a son in the Mounted Infantry, and his letters, as far as his column is concerned, prove that they travel as light as they possibly can. He talks of one blanket at night, and of being glad of smoking to allay hunger, their dinner being sometimes at midnight. In his last letter he says he got seventeen hours' sleep in four days, chasing Boers all the time, and was feeling tired! I wish the authorities had explained more about the pianos and harmoniums, as at present a slur rests on each and all of the Mounted Infantry columns. Naturally we parents feel indignant.—I am, Sir, &c.,

ANOTHER OFFICER'S MOTHER.