Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-09
TERRIFIC Loss
OF OFFICERS IN
BRITISH ARMY
No Less Than Liza Men Who
Were Wearing Shoulder
Straps Are Listed as Killed,
Wounded or Missing,
t,--oclaied press correspondence,


la 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- reg
iment. of their commands hringing
the compilation up to September 2S.
The taLulaticn shows the losses dlyid.
ed az follows.
Killed. 236. wounded. $50. missing.
S2a; fetal. LA.
The heaviest loss In officers shown
In the list Is that of the Royal Field
artillery. of whom sixteen are given
AS killed, forty-nine wounded and eight
missing, a total Of seyenty-three The
Royal Army Medical corps casualties
also have been heavy totaliing sixty
OF whom forty-thrce are listed as
missing. The Coldstream guards have
total casualties OF forty-slx. nine off
GERS having been killed and thirty-fivc
wounded while two are missing
or individuals listed among the kill
ed the most notable is Brig. Gen y. y.
Finlay Of the Royal artillery The
names of -four colonies are Included
r. G. Bond. OF the Kings own York
shire light infantry: c. X Ansell OF
the Fifth Dragon guards. Sir T.. H..
Bradford Bart, Of the Seaforth High
landers. and + II. Il. Boleau. of the
Royal engineers. who was chief staff
officer of the Third division. Lieu
tenan. colonies listed rs killed are c.
\. II Brett. suffolk regiment. A. NJ
Dykes Roya, Dancster regiment, G.
G. knight. Loyal North Lancashire l..
st. G.. Lemarchant. East Lanoashire
T.. II. Montressor Royal Sussex War
rem, West Sutreys; J. G. llogg. Fourth
hussars, Grant Duff. Black Watch. G.
Dalton. Royal Army Medical corps
The British army. II seems sure.
will come out Of the present war large
~ il not completely. democratized
Traditionally the officers have come
from the upper class ana the ranks
from the lower This was thought to
be necessary for disciplinary reasons
as the ranks were thought to have
less respect for men of their own sta
ton But whore it has been neces-
sary for competent men TO be adj
vanced it has been done purely on
merits The situation is particularly
serious at the front where. Ms the lists
Indicate the loss of officers has been
terrific. Here the pick of the ser
geants are already being given shout
der straps. ~
Where the men Fe to come from
to officer the new volunteer army OF
a million is matter Of serious con-
Germ to the war office. Officers re-
tired by age or disablements are act
ing as drill masters, but tit 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 promo
lions and shake-ups will follow under
The test Of fire
England has nothing to take the
place Of the American military pre-
schools founded on rhe West
Point model The big schools such
as Elton, Harrow and like as well as
Oxford and Cambridge. have their
student officer corps. but this is more
)r less apart from daily routine. IT
Is much as If certain American col
eye students belonged to the National
Guard and did fixed amount of the
)retical study rs a side issue Before
Getting their commissions the student
officers have had to take a course
n the regular service schools.
The result is that much dependence /
: placed on the character of the men /
n the ranks