26 AUGUST 1916, Page 2

We feel sure that Sir Charles Monro will do the

work required of him in India with that devotion to the public service and that sound sense and capacity which have marked the various phases of his previous career. The nation has not forgotten what it owes him for the admirable report on the position at Gallipoli and for the masterly way in which he organized the evacuation of the Peninsula. That was a great military feat. But perhaps an even greater achievement was the display of moral courage required to report in the sense in which he reported. Sir Charles Monro is undoubtedly one of the best liked and most sincerely respected men in the British Army. In a profession which is keenly critical it is rare Indeed to hear his name uncoupled with high commendation.