My remarks last week regarding " the apparent idiocy of
leaving the responsibilities attaching to the post of Chief Divisional Food Officer for London to a man of 70 living in Brussels " (Major-General Sir Reginald Ford) has elicited a very interesting comment from a fellow-General, who admits the apparent anomaly but points out that Divisional Food Officers existed for some years after the last War ; that they had worked out a complete scheme for feeding the country in a crisis ; that any of them who are still alive and active must of necessity be elderly, but that it would be a pity to lose the benefit of their knowledge and experience on that account ; and that Sir Reginald Ford was one of them. That, I admit, is a strong case. All the same I am glad the appointment is to be reconsidered.
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