30 JUNE 1917, Page 3

The King has instituted two new Orders, to be awarded

for war services of all kinds to British and Allied subjects, whether men or women. The Order of the British Empire, the first of these, is an Order of Knighthood, arranged in five classes ; in the higher dames of Grand Cross and Commander—O.B.E. and K.B.E.—the men will be Knights and the women will be styled Dames, though it remains to be seen whe:her, unlike the ordinary Knight's wife, they will use the pleasant old title. The second new Order is the Order of the Companions of Honour. It will consist of a single claps, closely restricted in numbers, and will carry no title or precedence, thus resembling the much-coveted Order of Merit.