Forces will be normally entrusted with the direction of War Office fian-
œuvres or exercises when the Chief of the Imperial General Staff is not present.
The Inspector-General of the Home Forces will be responsible for the inspection of militia and regulars at depots; of anti-aircraft and coast defence, and territorial army units, among other duties.
Both Inspectors-General have seats on the Selection Board of the Army Council, to which they are both responsible.
In addition to the above appointments, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Robert Gordon Finlayson has been appointed Adjulant-General to the Forces, and Moj.-Gen. H.M. Wilson to the post of Commander-in-Chief of the British troops in Egypt.
Lieut.-Gen. Brownrigg will succeed Gen. Sir Walter Kirke as Director-General of the Territorial Army, and Major-General George James Gifford will succeed Lieut-Gen. Brownrigg as Military Secretary to the Secretary of State for War. opposing border defences at various points and perhaps capture loca! officers with documents containing additional information on their opponent's intentions.
Diplomatic quarters here are inclined to consider the current reports indicative of the same tactics employed in the past—harrassing offensives on a small scale for the purpose of feeling out the defences of the opposition and obtaining information.
The possibility of more serious implications, however, is admitted and some observers even predict à broad extension of hostilities in the Far Some informed quarters believed the initial Japanese reports of the border fighting, particularly regarding the large number of planes shot down, probably were highly exaggeróted.—United Press.
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