It is with intense satisfaction that we are able to
announce that the London Veteran Reserve has now reached the number of 11,000, and that men of the best quality are coming in at the rate of 160 a day, or nearly 1,000 a week. As this splendid result has been reached without any large publ:o ceremony having been held in London, such as the two parades organized for the Surrey Veteran Reserve, it is clear that when some public ceremony as, for example, a review of the London Veterans by the King in Hyde Park can be arranged the numbers will easily be doubled if not trebled. Even if a re- view is not able to take place till next year we shall not be sur- prised to hear that the Metropolitan Veterans number 20,000 by the end of the year. The greatest possible credit is due to the Joint Committee, their President, Sir John Steevens, and their Secretary, Colonel Hyslop, who have been instrumental in this great and patriotic work.
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