4 JULY 1958, Page 30

THE DEATH OF 2nd LIEUT. BROWNE' SIR,—Although witless, unlovely, loutish

and doubt- less fools, we, as fellow archetypes of all that Mr. Michie sensed he had gone to war against, are prompted to remind him of that ancient military. truism that an army is only as good as its officers. It may, of course, be that Mr. Michie is a gallant, if retired, major-general. However, we feel it more likely that he merely failed instead to meet the re- quirements of the War Office Selection Board.— Yours faithfully,

VIVIAN SUTTON SIMON GILLETT