On Saturday last it was announced in Paris that General
Hagron, who was in effect the Generalissimo of the French Army, although that title bad not been officially used for some months, bad asked to be placed on the retired list. His 'office as Vice-President of the Conseil Superieur de la Guerra has been taken by General de Lacroix, a distinguished and popular officer who has seen a good deal of service, and fought at Sedan. The title of Gen6ralissime is revived in General de Lacroix's favour. The Temps states that the reason for General Hagron's retirement is his dissatisfaction at what he considers the premature discharge of the classes of 1903 and 1904. He believed that the existence of the two- years'-service rule made it imperative that those classes should be kept longer in the Army, and as his advice was rejected, be felt himself unable to accept the responsi- bility of defending the eastern frontier.
