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Show kimtu.h op Tin: intuitu aiimv. IwMlie llrltlek soldier la at all tenil-tlvohe tenil-tlvohe wlllnot boil.tti-1 at thesotne-what thesotne-what accurate desert) tlons cf hlmsell recently given by a sjieclal comtnllti-e, appointed In Inquire Into hit ttatut, The average Infantry ruin Is delineated by the Duke of Cambridge ss only a few dvgrres removed from a physical Imbecile. He dedans that he could nut poaslbjy mobilise the forces ou short notice, II an emergency demsud-ed demsud-ed such a step. Half of thetrooiat the Aldrrtliot encampment are unlit because of youth and gonvrul Incapacity In-capacity for a day's uctlve service. It was Ironically admitted, however, that the troo stationed at botue wiuld, In the wont of Invatlon, be n slight rcentiige better than nothing. I.urd Wolieley compares the urmy tu a siueezed lemou, so It cannot be con, splruouily Juicy. ObmvliiK people In (treat Britain havu for years been commenting tijn Ihe changed condition of the lltltl-h troopa. Those who vlalt the, couutry after an abienco of years are still more forcibly struck Willi the dlUVreniv In tho caliber ol the men now lnlhesur. vicoconiisred with tho Hrltlsh soldiers of ntterii, twenty and twenty. nvu years ago, Then they were, as a rule, robust, muscular, active and matured. Now an obitrvor la Impressed with the boyish and Inferior ntject of the rank aud lllonf the Inlantry, Asruule they do not present u soldierly apH,ar-mice, apH,ar-mice, and especially Isck the strong features Indicative ol hardihood and determination formerly charnclrrlitlc ofllrllltli aoldlers. There ari-,ef course, n few cfurk regluienta ol Infantry, such aa the "tlih, that ale up to the old standard, but the rule li the other way. The mlllta ry (UlUrllln sro wak lug up tu the sllustlou, and tarly to-foruis to-foruis which will Induce n more etrvl ft nrt ilssaof men to cnlltl, will I Inaugurated. The status of Ihe cavalry la .1111 creditable, although that branch ol the army la not altogether aa string, far ua nUteato the caliber of the men, ua It Htiauquartir of a century iliiio. |