6 JANUARY 1917, Page 10

The New Year Honours, except for the . Army, have not

yet appeared. These naturally are of- more interest to the Service than to the general public, but we cannot refrain from offering our most hearty congratulations- to the Commander-in-Chief -on the -Western front on his attainment of the rank of Field-MarshaL The -baton was never better deserved or placed in abler hands. If we• were asked to pick out Sir Douglas Haig's peculiar military quality,' we should say it was military imagination. Ho seems able in a very special degree to = projeot himself into the cirouzae stances that result from the •operations he plans. At the same time;-there is nothing •vague or sketchy about his military designs. " I consolidate," or better, " I make good," might well be ;his . motto.