Undoubtedly Mr. Brodrick is right in regarding this as a
very great achievement on the part of the War Office. -Un- fortimately Mr. Brodrick had next lo turd to what was any. thing but a great achievement, —that is, their dealings with the question of remounts. In this debate, and still more in the debate on Monday, the picture of muddle, neglect, improvi- dencesand extravagance that was presented is one which it is almost impossible to write of with patience. We have, how. ever, dealt with the whole subject elsewhere, and with what we deem to be by far its most important aspect, and we will only say here that we cannot think it fair to lay the whole blame on the Yeomanry Committee. They blundered badly, but they were almost bound to blunder situated as they were. When in an emergency a friend's butler comes in to help and to conduct and carry out a large section of a great entertain- ment, you cannot be angry if, largely because he is nnsupplied with any help or information from your own regular servants, he does the work extravagantly and goes to all the wrong places to get his supplies.
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