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talented would not remain in the meantime 

 idle, but would be preparing themselves for 

 the period when they would be allowed to 

 send in their reports. In the meantime it 

 would not be desirable to bring them into com- 

 petition with older officers, because while the 

 former might fail only from being too young 

 they might succeed at a maturer age, if not 

 disgusted with their want of success at an 

 earlier period. 



A board consisting of two well selected 

 officers, should be formed whose duty would 

 be to peruse the reports sent to the Horse 

 Guards, layingthose only before the Commander- 

 in-Chief which had merit, and when the two 

 officers forming the board, differed in opinion 

 on a report, they should refer it to the Com- 

 mander-in-Chief for his decision. It would 

 doubtless save trouble to have the board consist 

 of three instead of two officers, but it would be 

 easier to obtain two officers than three cal- 

 culated for such a duty. 



As a commencement, a supposed invasion 

 from the opposite coast would form a good 

 subject for discussion in these reports. The 

 practicability of effecting a landing, being more 



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