It is with great regret that we are obliged to
chronicle another Guards " ragging " case, made public by the inquiry which has been held during the week into the conduct of several subalterns of the 1st Baealion of the Scots Guards, and was concluded on Thursday. As the result of the inquiry is not yet announced, we do not desire to enter into the unpleasant details of the case; but we would strongly urge our readers not to let the " revelations " prejudice them either against the distinguished regiment involved or the Brigade of Guards as a whole. There are no better or more capable officers in the British Army, none more devoted to their duty, and none more generally competent than those to be found in the Guards; and it is most unfortunate that once again a fierce publicity should be given, not to the soldierly qualities of the officers in question, but to the trivialities of a petty scandal.
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