5 DECEMBER 1908, Page 19

A very gratifying Order has been published by General Smith-Dorrien

at Aldershot which abolishes the patrol formerly supplied by the different regiments in turn to keep order in the streets at night. General Smith-Dorrien explains that the behaviour of the troops has improved so much in recent years that the patrol is no longer necessary, and he points out that it is in the interests of the men them- selves that this state of affairs should be maintained. They will thus be permanently relieved of an irksome duty, and their restraint will reflect credit upon the Army, the reputa- tion of which concerns them all. We do not doubt that the Order will be justified by success.