This.-memorable parstle„of ex-soldiers -coming. back willingly to celebrate an idea
and once again to put themselves in military formation- reminded -us vividly • of the, parade- of -the -Surrey Veterans which-took' place lit June, 1910. That was the parade which opened the eyes of the public and led to the subsequent formation of the National Reserve. Film many years the Spectator had pointed to the wasteof trained military personnel. When soldiers passed out of -the Reserve the War Office lost all track of them ; no register of their- addresses was kept. If there had been a sudden national emergency requiring all the help that could be obtained the War Oftiee would not have known where to apply to hundreds -of thousands of men who were still as a matter of fact in the prime of life and would certainly have been ready to come forward if asked to do so.
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