Seldom has an organization been more urgently needed than that just inaugurated at Home under the title of the Officers' Association. The facts given by Earl Haig are proof enough of its necessity, but! naturally behind that brief statement lies a depth of unfortunate circumstances. In a large number of cases the settlement of those. who have held commissions is infinitely more difficult than for those of the rank and file. It has to be borne mind that some, who through military instinct and daring, made admirable officers in the field, and who in many cases were promoted from the ranks, are unfitted through temperament and lack of education for positions in offices. For these the new parts of the Empire seem to offer the best field, and this new association will probably be able to do much to assist them in enterprises there. Then there are the others. of the middle class who have come back from the war to find that what was comfort on a_prewar salary is penury now. They have missed promotion in many cases, and the continuance of woman in her war positions actually threatens their livelihood... Being of the middle class, they have been nobody's child, and while the working class leaders have been able to extract concessions for their people, it is going to require a strong' and influential body to do the like for these men.
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