15 JULY 1916, page 3

Several Ministerial Changes Have Been Made During The Past

few days. Sir Edward Grey has received- an nerldorm He is . one of the very fete' commoners, apart from Ministers, Who have *amp earls without any intermediate step. Chatham ; .......

An Army • Order Issued Last Week Authorizes The Wearing

of a strip of gold braid on the sleeve by any officer or man who has been wounded since August 4th, 1914. A strip is to be worn for each occasion on which a wound has been......

We Note With Special Pleasure The Appointment Of Lord...

better known to the public as Lord Balcarres, to be President of ; the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. The post is one of great : importance now, and is likely to be of......

To Repeat This Blunder Would, One Would Think, Be Beyond

even the perverted ingenuity of a civilian clerk at the War Office. Yet if rumour speaks true, it is at this moment actually contemplated. It is proposed not merely to change......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From .6 P.c. Aug.

8th, 1914.......

Of One Thing We May Be Sure. He Will See

to it that schemes for land settlement and the development of agriculture and so forth shall be so carried out that the natural beauties and amenities of England, Scotland, and......

In Addition, An Enormous Number Of National Reservists...

wait to be called up, but went straight into the ranks during the great recruiting boom which followed the retreat from Mons. Aleo it is only fair to enumerate as part of the......

The Veil Of Mystery Which For Some Reason Or Other

has always shrouded the National Reserve, or, as technically we ought to say, those supernumerary companies of Territorial units which are composed of National Reservists, has......

We May Recall The Facts To Our Readers' Minds. The

National Reserve in each county was under the direction and control of, the Territorial Associations. They enrolled, and kept the register of, the men, and grouped them in most......

We Say Without Hesitation That If The National Reserve Bad

nos been established it would have taken ten times as long as it actually did to get into touch with this very valuable bcdy of men. Let us recall what the National Reserve did......

Now In Our Opinion It Is Of The Utmost Importance

that, though all the National Reservists available have been called up, the machinery of registration should be kept intact, and that for regis- tration purposes a grant should......

The Times Of Monday Published An Article From A Medical

corre- spondent showing that the experience of surgeons after the battle of Jutland Bank confirms the methods of Sir Almroth Wright in combating sepsis. Sepsis—that is,......

Mr. E. S. Montagu Has Succeeded Mr. Lloyd George At

the f4inistry of Munitions. Mr. McKinnon Wood becomes Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and also Financial Secretary to the Treasury, where additional help is wanted in......