4 SEPTEMBER 1909, Page 3

By not allowing the Yeomanry the sword we are telling

them in the plainest terms that their business is to wait to be charged, and therefore to run. The sword at the Yeoman's side, or, perhaps better still, at the Yeoman's saddle, should be a constant reminder to him when he is on his horse that if his officers see their opportunity, he will not have to wait to be charged, but will charge. The art of war is the art of attack. That this is so should be impressed in season and out of season upon the mind of every one in an army, from the Field-Marshal to the humblest private, and by every signal and device, material and immaterial.