6 FEBRUARY 1915, Page 2

The Times of Friday contains an interesting letter from Lord

B,oaebery, asking why a man who has offered himself as a recruit and been refused should not have a certificate record- ing that he has done his best to serve. We are delighted to see that a man who has the ea• of the country is dealing with this matter. The High Sheriff of Surrey has for the last five months been giving a badge to all recruits rejected within his county, and with the best possible results. The badge is of bronze, about the size of a half- penny, and besides the date, "Slimy, 1914," has on it the text from the Song of Deborah, "When the people willingly offered themselves." None of the dreadful consequences which were predicted when the Common Law representative of the county took this step has followed.