4 MAY 1918, Page 2

Mr. Macpherson, who has been Under-Secretary for War since Mr.

Lloyd George formed his Ministry, has been appointed by Lord Milner to act as Vice-President of the Army Council and Deputy Secretary of State. Lord Derby held a similar position in 1916. Major-General Whigham, who was Sir William Robertson's Deputy Chief of Staff, has left the War Office for an appointment in France, and will be succeeded by Major-General Harington, General Plumer's Chief. of Staff with the Second Army.