OUR PHANTOM ARMY.
Our Phantom Army. By T. Miller Maguire, LL.D. (The Army League. Is. 6d.)—A series of most scathing comments on the speech delivered by Mr. Brodrick in introducing the Army Esti- mates last Mareh. Dr. Maguire pulls Mr. Brodrick's speech to pieces in the most unmerciful way. Although there are few men in this country who know more of the subject than Dr. Maguire, yet we cannot help thinking that he has been a little carried away by his native impetuousness. It is amusing, but scarcely strictly accurate, to talk of Mr. Brodrick's six army corps sts being "one in posse, one ia anbibus, and the remainder in limbo." Gravely as we disagree with Mr. Brodrick on many points in his scheme, it is scarcely fair to expect him to provide not only the equivalent, or more than the equivalent, of six army corps in South Africa and also to provide six army corps at home as well. There are, how- ever, many points in this little book on which all who know the Army cannot but be in sorrowful agreement with Dr. Maguire. Ignorance of the officers, want of a good General Staff, a good re- cruiting system, a career for sergeants, a properly organised Remount Department, are all points on which few will be found to differ. On the whole, this is an interesting pamphlet, but we cannot help thinking it would be snore convincing if it were written in a little less florid and alarmist style.
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