Mr. Lloyd George, in announcing the decision, promised ales to
improve the position of the junior officers in the Services. It is high time that something wee done for them. We ought no longer to hear of cases in which a promising soldier, who is married and lacks private means, has to refuse a OOMMiStil0n bee9.1180 he would not be able to support his wife and family without the allow- ances paid to the dependants of men in the ranks but denied to officer-a' families. In this war, more than in any other, the success of our Army depends on the officers' leadership, and any good soldier who is fit for a commission ought to be enabled to take it without having to incur a load of care and debt. We trust that the War Cabinet will not, as usual, overlook the claims of the young naval officer, who should be, but is not, paid on the same male as his brother in the Army.
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