We shall not be able to chronicle till next week
the march of the C.I.V.'s through London, but it is evident that they will obtain a reception which will be royal in no conventional sense. The smartest regiments in the Army, as well as in the London Volunteers, will keep the streets for them, and nothing will be wanting to make the function a memorable one from first to last. And truly the are worthy of all the praise and honour they will receive. Not only did they answer to their country's call, but when they were at the front they acquitted themselves as well as if they had been one of the crack regiments of the Line or a body of Colonials,—higher praise is impossible. Their courage goes without saying, their shooting was excellent, and their discipline beyond reproach. They have shown the nation by a practical experi- ment what splendid fighting material we possess, even though we do not undergo universal military servitude, and how easy it is to add new units to the Army if only the thing is gone about in a reasonable and common-sense way. Given an imperative need, every great town in the kingdom could have raised a regiment almost as good as the C.I.V.'s.
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