Show OFFICIAL STATISTICS relating to 1 j the English army throw some light on a question that has of late excited a good deal of interest that of the F t groat proportion of youthful and l raw recruits in the ranks It appears ap-pears that the proportion of men r F r under 20 years of age in the whole wr f J army is 104 per 1000 and that the 1 i I great bulk of the menthat is 620 r per 1000are between the ages of K l J 20 and 23 There cannot be much l 1 1 fear for the physique of an army of s which more than onehalf consists I of men in the prime of their I 11 strength |