15 SEPTEMBER 1928, Page 3

We regret to record the death of Sir Edward Ward,

one of the most efficient organizers which the Army has ever had. He made his name in Ladysmith, where he organized the supplies during the siege, and earned the famous testimonial from Sir George White that he was " the best commissariat officer since Moses." After the siege he became Director of Supplies for the whole South African Field Force. Among his other achieve- ments were the organization of the Special Constables in 1914 and the expansion of the Royal Military Tournament from a minor show into the popular affair of to-day.