24 MARCH 1917, Page 3

Several correspondents have very kindly pointed out a number of

successful Spectator " fads" for which we might have taken credit in a recent article, but forgot to do so. Chief of these was the Spectator Experimental Company, which, it is assorted, and we think truly, had a very great effect, not only upon the formation of the Territorial Force, but in making people realize that under intensive cultivation a good infantry soldier could be produced in six months, and often at a considerably quicker rate. The system of training adopted for the New Army was essentially the training set up and practised by the Spectator Company at Hounslow.