6 MARCH 1915, Page 2

Lord Kitchener has been most successful in keeping the veil

spread over our military forces. It is not too much to say that there is no one in this country outside Lord Kitchener's immediate personal staff who now knows how many men are enrolled in the new Armies or what proportion of them is ready for action. All we know is that the numbers are very satisfactory, but that we want more. Here it is worth while to note that the War Office desire for secrecy has been most loyally backed up by the Press. Informntion as to recruiting and the progress and disposition of the new Armies has practically disappeared from the newspapers. One would never gather from them that almost every yard of our soil is vibrating to the tramp of armed men.