General Order 70, the culmination of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardwell_Reforms" id="mw5g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cardwell Reforms">Cardwell</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childers_Reforms" id="mw5w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Childers Reforms">Childers</a> reforms of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army" id="mw6A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Army">British Army</a>, comes into effect.