On Wednesday the Speaker read to the Commons a Queen's
Message, stating that a proclamation was about to be issued embodying the Militia and calling out the Militia Reserve "or such part thereof as her Majesty shall think necessary, for permanent service." The Militia Reserve are picked Militiamen who receive a special allowance on condition of their forming a special Reserve, not for the Militia, but for the regular Army. They have all of course been trained to use the magazine rifle. We may add that the First-Class Reserve have answered very well to the call made upon them. The vast majority of the men regard the recall to the colours not as a hardship, but as something to be proud of. The men look in excellent condition, and give little support to the theory that when our soldiers leave the regiment and go into the Reserve they have great difficulty in making a living.
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