19 SEPTEMBER 1914, Page 2

We desire to back up most warmly (let the word

be of good omen) Lord Kitchener's appeal to the housewives of Britain to spare at least one pair of blankets from every well-supplied home for the soldiers of the new Army. The blankets should be sent to The Chief Ordnance Officer at various centres. A full list of these is given in all Friday's papers. Carriage will be paid at the other end by the officers in question. In this context we may add our hope that the riders of Britain will make a quick and generous response to Lord Roberts's appeal for saddles, bits, and bridles which appears in our corre- spondence columns.