22 JUNE 1918, Page 3

The root of complaint against the grading of the older

men is that by some physiological miracle, which we must leave Medical Boards to explain, a higher proportion of the older than of the younger men have been passed into Grade T., which is presumed capable of going anywhere and doing anything. To the older man, when he has joined up, the'promiees and pledges and mental reserva- tions of Sir Auckland Geddes and his representatives mean nothing. In many cases the older man will leave Grade I. rid the hospital. It is economically wasteful to grade the older men so as to overtax their strength ; and there should be one set of physical standarda for the whole Army, in the interests of the Army as well as the individual. Every unfit recruit increases its cost and diminishes its efficiency.