We note with interest the names of the commanding officers
of regiments in the Militia, Yeomanry, and Volunteers who have been appointed to serve on the Advisory Board for mid of those Services. In the case of the Militia, among the officers selected are Lord Raglan and the Duke of Bedford, both of whom are widely known to the public for the interest they have taken in all matters connected with their branch of the Service. The Yeomanry also sends a strong contingent, and we note with satisfaction that Colonel Le Roy Lewis is one of the two officers added by the Secretary of State. A better appointment would have been difficult to make. In the case of the Volunteers, Colonel Sturmey Cave may almost be described as an inevitable appointment. His deep know- ledge of the Volunteeer Force, joined with his wonderful capacity for organisation of all kind, should prove of good service. Taken as a whole, the nominations are excellent. It now remains to ask the question that always confronts one in administrative reform: "What will they do with it?" Nothing is easier than to reform on paper. Nothing also is easier than to stop a good paper reform from having any practioo_ effect. Will the Board be allowed in each case to work, asad not be what the Americans call " side-tracked " ? We confess to some feelings of anxiety; the facilities for massacring ad- ministrative innocents seem so terribly perfect at the War Office.
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