28 SEPTEMBER 1918, Page 12

SALUTING IN THE ARMY.

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."]

Sin,—There appears to be a movement afoot to abolish saluting in the Army except on duty. Such a suggestion could only emanate from a disaffected mind or originate in false conceptions.' Saluting is after all but the formal adoption of the " manners" that "makyth man," or may one say " makyth gentleman " ?- and surely " gentlemanship " is the true ideal of the British Army, however we may fall short of it whether through ignor-