Comments by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks ,
K.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., M.C.
General Horrocks contrasts the practice today with the practice a hundred years ago, when commissions could be bought.
Much of the illustrative material is taken from ' The Reason Why by Cecil Woodham-Smith . Today's practice is illustrated by special recordingsmade with the help of the Regular Commissions Board at Westbury, Wiltshire.