31 DECEMBER 1921, Page 3

The appointment of Lord Cavan to succeed Sir Henry Wilson

as Chief of the Imperial General Staff will command the hearty approval of all who know Lord Cavan or have served under him. At the outset of the War he was recalled from the Reserve and went to France in September, 1914, as commander of the 4th Brigade. He was promoted in 1915 to the command first of the 50th Division and then of the Guards' Division. A few months later he took over the 14th Corps, and in March, 1918, he went to Italy as commander-in-chief of the British Army, which by its brilliant work at Asiago and on the Piave con- tributed to the destruction of the Austrian armies. Lord Cavan won unbounded popularity by his plain, soldierly qualities and by his care for his men. The Army, we are sure, will welcome his .appointment.