Mr. Haldane ends by pointing out that the General Staff
will be judged by the men it produces. "If they prove them- selves to be pedantic theorists,-if they get out of touch with the Army, or if they exercise their authority by interfering in the details of administrative business for which others are responsible, the failure of the present attempt to form a General Staff is certain." If, on the other hand, they master the science of war and understand war organisation, and impart that knowledge to the Army at large, the influence of the General Staff may become as far-reaching as in Germany or Japan. "As its name implies, the General Staff will be just as much responsible for the training and war organisation of the Auxiliary Forces as Of the Regular Army." Finally, Mr. Haldane hopes that the General Staff may "become a real bond of union between the widely scattered military forces of the Empire."
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