18 JULY 1914, Page 3

The July number of the National Reserve, the paper devoted

to the interests of the force, contains an interesting article entitled " The National Reserve To-Day," by Captain Holmes, of the Surrey National Reserve. In the course of the article Captain Holmes makes some very pertinent remarks in regard to the question of uniform. The Regulations, as he points out, "state that the members of the National Reserve will not wear uniform,' but the official interpretation placed upon this is that will not' here means 'shall not,' which, I submit, is straining the language beyond justifiable limits. The result is that the authorities will neither issue uniforms themselves nor authorize units to provide these at their own-expense."