Mr. Haldane spoke last Saturday at &luncheon in Guildford before
inspecting the West Surrey Cadets. In the course of his speech he said he recognised that even after the Territorial Force was completed there would still remain large resources in the country untapped, especially among the more scattered communities. He went on to speak of the new War Office regulations, and declared that they were only tentative. Mr. Haldane referred to the article published last week in these columns in regard to the conditions of the Veteran Reserve. With that openness of mind and willingness to consider and accept criticism when he believes it to be helpful which are characteristic of the Secretary of State for War, he admitted, in regard to the Veteran Reserve, that " it was very likely that, in the first instance, they had looked too much on one side, and that there were others to which they would have to direct their attention." We should like, in this context, to express our admiration for the splendid public spirit shown by the High Sheriff of Surrey (Mr. Waechter), who was Mr. Haldane's host on the occasion of his speech. Mr. Waechter has out of his own private purse spent something like 220,000 in providing drill-halls in West Surrey for the Territorials. He is also the chief support of the Cadet movement in West Surrey. His is a notable example.
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