[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."]
SIR,—Mr. Arnold-Forster in your issue of August 25th says that thirty-four thousand Volunteers were reported as medically unfit for service. It should be remembered that the medical examination ordered by Mr. Arnold-Forster was as to fitness for service abroad ; and even if his figures are correct, it would indicate that less than fifteen per cent. fell short of this very high standard. But I am under the impression that Mr. Arnold-Forster has made a mistake in the figures, and that the report actually indicated a much better result than eighty-five per cent. as fit. As it is a matter of great public interest, the details of the examination should be published, and as soon as Parliament meets I trust some Member will ask that the Return should be laid on the table of
the House, and especially a paper in which the Army Medical Department notified the list of cases they thought bad enough to justify the names being struck off. If my memory does not deceive me, it was much nearer thirty-four than thirty-four thousand.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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