MILITIA UNITS ABOUT TO BE DISBANDED.
LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—It is to be noticed that under the recent Army Order twenty-three battalions of Militia are to be disbanded at once, and as that Order does not appear to draw any attention to the clause in the Act by which these units may if they wish claim to be transferred to the Territorial Army, and by doing so would thereby retain their individuality and regimental records, I would venture to suggest that before they are actually disbanded the officers commanding should take steps to find out the wishes of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men as to whether they would not prefer this course to total disappearance. Indeed, it appears to me that the position of the battalions which join the Territorial Army will in future be a better one than those in the Special Reserve.
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