FURLOUGH AND SOLDIERS QUARTERED IN IRELAND.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] these critical times economy is absolutely necessary, and one way our military authorities have of carrying this out is as follows. A private is granted, say, five days' furlough from Ireland; he travels by the 8.40 p.m. train from Fermoy. Now, after working all day, his " pass " is made out to take effect or to count as one day on time of starting; also the soldier has to return on the fifth day in time for "Tattoo" (10 p.m.), and in order to enable him to do this he must leave by the mail train the previous evening, which means that he arrives at Fermoy about 9.30 a.m. the next day. Thus in reality he only obtains three days' leave. If the " times " on the "pass" were slightly altered, he could make better use of
the leave granted.—I am, Sir, &o., E. A. S. TOWER. Cavendish Club, 119 Piccadilly, W.
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