General Beyers, Commandant-General of the Citizen Forces of South Africa,
who has been studying the military system of this country, has communicated his impressions of the British Army to a Renter's representative. What struck him most was the physique and stamina of the British infantry. "Their marching was perfect, and their extended formation in actual fighting was just sufficient to maintain complete control, while at the same time reducing risk to a minimum. In fact it left nothing to be desired. One of the most instructive lessons, too, was the splendid fashion in which reserves of men and stores were brought up, the whole force moving in perfect unison." General Beyers has now left for Switzerland, and will remain for a while in Germany and Holland before returning to England. He has already consulted with the War Office on the establishment of an Officers' Training Corps and the starting of a cadet movement in South Africa, and is proposing to his Government to send a South African officer to join the Imperial General Staff in London, where there are already officers from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
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