The Secretary of State for War has appointed a Committee
to consider the education of candidates for commissions in the Army and the system of training at Woolwich and Sand- hurst, and to report whether any changes are desirable in the present methods of entrance into the Army. The following will form the Committee :—The Right Hon. A. Akers- Douglas, M.P. (chairman) ; the Rev. Dr. Warre, Head-Master of Eton; Mr. F. W. Walker, High Master of St. Paul's School, Hammersmith; Colonel Jell, C.M.G., Royal Engi- neers; Lieutenant-Colonel Hammersley, Lancashire Fusiliers; Captain Lee, M.P., late Professor of Strategy and Tactics, Royal Military College, Canada; and Captain W. E. Cairnes, Royal Irish Fusiliers (secretary). That is, as far as we can judge, a very well-named Committee. We trust that the scheme set forth by the Duke of Bedford in our columns will be carefully considered by the Committee. We note with interest the appointment of Captain Cairnes as secretary. That Mr. Brodrick should have given the post to one of the most trenchant critics of the War Office in the Press is a sign of liberality of view not too common in official quarters. We have not always been able to agree with Captain Cairnes's suggestions for Army reform, but as to his ability and general competency there can be no question.
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