A REGISTER OF TRAINED MEN ABROAD.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") good Englishmen must applaud the attempt of the Surrey Territorial Association to establish a register of trained men, and be gratified at its success. Would it not be possible to form such a register for men living outside the United Kingdom? Scattered up and down the Empire are hundreds, probably thousands, belonging to one or more of the six categories of the War Office Memorandum quoted in the Spectator of July 31st. The Indian and Colonial news- papers would probably assist in the same way as the Surrey and London Press have done.—I am, Sir, &c.,
ERNEST DAWSON
(District and Additional Sessions Judge ;
Akyab, Burma. late Sergeant, Lumsden's Horse).
[The idea is an excellent one, and we recommend it to old Army men outside these islands. As has been proved in the case of Surrey, the necessary machinery is by no means complicated or expensive. Say it was determined to create such a register in New Zealand, all that would be necessary in the first instance would be for a Committee to be formed, and a couple of clerks and a register to be provided. An appeal should then be made in all New Zealand papers asking the men to register. If, as no doubt would be the case, the New Zealand editors proved as patriotic and as helpful as those of
Surrey, names and addresses would soon flow in. If any such Committee is formed in any Colony, we shall be delighted to give further particulars as to minor details connected with the formation of the register.—En. Spectator.]
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