20 MAY 1911, Page 3

To-day Lord Roberts inspects the Surrey Veteran Reserve in the

Millmead Meadows at Guildford. The gathering is one of great interest, for the Reserve has now, which it had not when it was paraded before the Secretary of State for War last Jane on the Horse Guards' Parade, a local organiza- tion. The Surrey Veteran Reserve now consists of some 3,200 men, divided into twenty strong companies. Each company has a commandant and five or six officers under him, according to the number living in the company's district. The whole of the 2,500 men, who, it is hoped, will be able to reach the Parade ground this afternoon, will be under the command of Colonel Fairclough, the commandant of the Godalming Com- pony.