1 JANUARY 1916, Page 10

While dealing with the subject of badges we may call

attention to a letter addressed by Lord Stamfordham, the King's private secretary, to lord Derby, dated December 28th, . in which he conveys "His Majesty's hopes that. every .man who is entitled to wear the armlet [i.e., the armlet of men attested under the group system] will do so, as a proof to his fellow-countrymen " of his response to the call under-the Derby scheme.