28 OCTOBER 1905, Page 12

Snt—One very essential point has not been made quite clear

in the statement of conditions of this experiment—viz., are the hundred recruits to be picked men, or are they to be absolutely haphazard recruits of the usual Militia class P In view of the fact that the company of Regulars with whom Colonel Pollock offers to compare his hundred men are not allowed to be picked men, this point should be noticed.—I am, THE ALLIANCE WITH JAPAN.