BEST OFFICERS

Evening Star, Issue 16198, 21 August 1916, Page 6

BEST OFFICERS

ACTOTtS AJ\ T D JOURNALTSTS. Which profession supplies tlio best oflVers for the Arniyi' This question, put to a drill sergeant who has had experience in art ofliccrs" training corps, produced a swift and Miiphoiio nnswer (says the 'Daily Mail' of Juno 29j. " Actors make tJw best officer*," he declared po«t,vcly. "First of all, thoy Tmow how to give (.ho word of command—a very :ni;--'-int consideration. They are never shy °r awl they impress the- men with thcar personality. Giro me nn eduoated nctor, mid I will promise you a <rood officesSchoolmasters make (ho best non-commisl *"n ?%. cer ? L - S! lsi ™ RS men I have fomtf rnUiw difficult, Thoy are intelligent enough, ahk » W n<>t What yOU may c - all ada P t - A. Staff officer endorsed the semeant'a views, Willi rjunifications. "Professions callin? for the exercise of imagination and observation do, generally speaking, provide first-class officers," ho snid. "Two officers on trench jctvico constantly distinguished themselves by keen observation. They were in variably the first to notice any chance, nr the enemy-s dispositions, and both w-*ro FJe«t fiuroct joiinialMrtß. Natural resource rather than trained intelligence counts on activn service, nnd while this faculty may be V, sessed by men in all professions it often found amon ? journalists, barriMm, cSls "*"***> Wh ° I P>-« * ■