Evening star., 1914-10-10
BRITISH ARMY Loss
IN OFFICERS, 1,144
Killed Number 236, With 586
Wounded and 322 Among
Missing.
LATEST FIGHTING WILL
ADD MANY TO THESE
Non-Coms Must Be Used to Fill Va.
cancies and Sergeants Will
Get Shoulder Straps.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.


LONDON. September 2s-No less than
Liza officers of the British army have
been killed. wounded or counted among
the missing in the fighting to date.
This is shown by the lists of casualties
among officers already made public and
tabulated according to regiments or
other commands. bringing the compila-
tion up to September IS. The tabula-
tion shows the losses divided as fol-
lows:
Killed. 2S6: wounded, 5s6; missing,
322; total, 1.144.
The heaviest loss in officers shown in
the list is that of the Royal Field Ar
tillery, of whom 16 are given as killed,
49 wounded and missing, a total OF
73- The Royal Army Medical Corps
casualties also have been heavy, to-
falling 60, of whom 43 are listed as
missing. The Coldstream Guards have
had total casualties of 46, officers
having been killed and 35 wounded,
while are missing.
Notable Officers Killed.
OF individuals listed among the killed
the most notable is Brig. Gen. N. D.
Finlay of the Royal Artillery.
The names of four colonels are in
cluded-R. C. Bond of the Kings Own
Yorkshire Light Infantry, G. K. An
sell of the 5th Dragon Guards. Sir E.
r. Bradford. Bart. Of the Seaforth
Highlanders and F. r. R. Boileau of
the Royal Engineers, who was chief
staff officer of the Sd Division.
Lieutenant colonels listed as killed
are c. A. H. Brett, Suffolk regiment;
A. NJ. Dykes, Royal Lancaster regi-
cashires: L. st. G. LIE Marchant, East
Lancashires; E. H. Montressor, Royal
Sussex; Warren. West Surveys; J. G.
Hogg, 4th Hussars; Grant Dun, Black
Watch, and C. Dalton. Royal Army
Medical Corps.
The British army, it seems sure, will
come out of the present war largely,
il not completely, democratized. Ira
ditionally the officers have come from
the upper class and the ranks from the
lower. This was thought to be neces-
sary for discipline. as the rankers were
believed to have small respect for COM
manders of their own social station.
But war conditions have made 1T nee
vanced on purely military merits. The
situation is particularly serious at the
front, where. as the lists indicate. the
loss of officers has been terrific. Here
the pick of the sergeants are already
being given shoulder straps.
Where the men are to come from to
officer the new volunteer army of a
million is matter of serious concern
to the war office. officers retired by
age or disablements are acting as drill
masters. but fit and active men must
be found to take charge when the new
force goes to the front This means
rapid promotion for those of military
talent. Further promotions and shake
ups will follow under the test Of fire.
No English West Point.
England has nothing to take the place
of the American military preparatory
schools founded on the West Point
model. The big schools, such as Eton,
Harrow and the like. as well as Ok
ford and Cambridge, have their student
officer corps. but this is more or less
apart from daily routine. 1t is much
as if certain American college students
belonged to the National Guard and
did a fixed amount of theoretical study
as a side issue. Before getting their
commissions the student officers have
| had to take a course in the regular
| service schools. The result Is that