11 JANUARY 1919, Page 12

ITo can EDITOR OP THE SPECTATOR.") Fm,--I here read with

much surprise the letter which appeared in last week's Spectator from Colonel Reid regarding the Territorials. The Territorial Force was not used merely to fill up Kitchener's Army. Take, for instance, the 52nd Division. This was composed almost entirely of Territorial regiments, and they slid magnificent work in Gallipoli, Pales- tine, and latterly in France. Now that the New Army is so large, the Territorials seem to .be generally ignored and forgotten; but however lurch they have been neglected, their record is one of which to be proud. Lord French at the early part of the war stated that the Territorials hod saved the