§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what special privileges attach to the wills of officers and men dying on active service in war?
§ Mr. FORSTERAccording to English law, an officer or a soldier in actual military service within the meaning of the Wills Act, 1837, can dispose of the whole of his personal estate by any written document expressing his wishes without the usual formalities of witnessing, or by a verbal statement made in the presence of witnesses.