Show BRITISH ARMY OfFICERS Declared Very Inefficient by Military Committee t CAUSTIC CRITICISM MADE Existing System Is Denounced Junior Officials Found Lamentably Deficient in Military Knowledge and Desire to Acquire the Same Young Officers Refuse to WorlL Unless Un-less Absolutely Compelled ToAn Honest System oC Promotion by Merit Is Recommended London June 7Thc report of the I committee on military education and training issued today furnUhca tiie strongest official corroboratlon of the I Inefficiency of the officers of the British Brit-ish army The committees I report which Is based upon tIme evidence of officers thermelves from the com manc = rchlef downward nils forty eight printed rages with caunllo criticism crit-icism of the existing syUom rime witnesses wit-nesses were unanimous In saylnj that the Junior officers were lamentably dc tlclcnt In military Icnowlcdpi the desire de-sire to acquire knowledge and In zeal V GOES FOP OPFICBHS i The com ml lice linds that the young officers will not work unless compelled to do so thai keenness In out of fashIon fash-Ion and hat It Is not corrcc form I The committee declares that many officers offi-cers do not possess an elementary education edu-cation and hint officers ought at ItriMt to be able to express themselves clearly and concisely in their own language CONDEMNS SlSTJLM I The report condemns the systems oC both Woolwich and Sandhurst whoro education hi far from satisfactory the Inulructors having no inducement to leach the cadets still less to work I With time view of dlinlntohlng the expenses ex-penses of officers belonging to cavalry regiments he l report recommends hat I polo tourimmcmi I reglmcntil coaches and the following of hounds he forbidden for-bidden Perhaps time penultimate paragraph para-graph is time most complete of all CHANGE MUST BE MADE So long as mediocrity Is permitted toPs to-Ps muster says the committee I and signal ability meets with no substantial I recognition It Is uMki to hope for I any valuable results favorable to theI I regulations Nothing but Inducements in the shape of reward for good work either In peace 01 wnr can raise the standard of knowledge through the I command ranks V I SYSTEM OF PROMOTION I The committee therefore recommends an honest l yjsteni of promotion by merit I following on tests honorably conducted and honestly reported on The report plainly hints chat officers Cain hardly be expected to work so long as the present system of advancement advance-ment through social Influence Is Inoue In-oue or so long as efficiency has nothing noth-ing whatever to do with the aolcitlon of officers for desirable appointments TIme committee reports among other things that more commissions be offered of-fered to the colonies and that officers offi-cers be compelled to know olMiir French or German |