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We cannot help expressing deep regret that the War Office

are unable to give these figures. We do hope that the matter• will not be left here, but that the Government will at any rate make some general statement of what has been done by the National Reserve. We do not suggest for a moment that the War Office have not appreciated the work of the National Reserve, for we are well aware that the contrary is the case. At the same time, members of the National Reserve would hardly be human if they did not feel a little hart that, when almost everybody else has received his tared of praise. and in generous quantity, from the War Office, cir- cumstances have prevented any official recognition or gratitude coming their way.