Mr. Haldane, it will be remembered, in a speech at
Reading in October, announced that be was preparing a scheme for the effective training of selected officers in business methods. At present a soldier has no chance of learning the rudiments of ordinary business, except by accident, and at the same time in the higher administrative posts such business training is most vitally important. The Army Service Corps, the Pay Depart- ment, as well as ordinary administrative appointments, all demand some degree of expert knowledge. Mr. Haldane has accordingly appointed a Committee to frame a scheme of training. The Committee will consist of Sir Hugh Bell, Sir Frederick Harrison, Sir Felix Schuster, Sir Edward Ward, Generals Hutchinson, Clayton, and Miles, and with them are to be associated Mr. Sidney Webb and Mr. H. J. Mackinder, of the London School of Economics. The presence on the Committee of men of such high business ability as Sir Hugh Bell and Sir Felix Schuster will ensure that any scheme will have sound practical value. Business training is not to be secured by the mere attendance at lectures in economics.
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