THE SURREY VETERANS' PARADE.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—A propos of paragraph 32 of the official notice of the Veteran Reserve, I think the following incident is typical of
the general feeling thereon. Two of the Surrey Veterans who had just left the parade at the Horse Guards last Saturday met at a tea-shop. The end of their discussion was this : " Well, so we are to be licensed to drive off old women's cows !" Fired by this inspiriting prospect, one of the two
has just sent in his application for enrolment, and hopes that
his unknown friend will do the same I—I am, Sir, &c.,
SURREY VETERAN.
[Paragraph 32 runs as follows:— " In war the Veteran Reserve would, in conjunction with the Constabulary, be charged with the protection of bridges, tunnels, and other vulnerable points ; with the removal from threatened areas of horses, vehicles, cattle, and other property that would benefit an invader; and with other duties of a like nature."
The meaning of our correspondent's last sentence is that the men on the present unofficial Register have to be asked to transfer their names on to the official Veteran Reserve now ordered to be formed in Surrey as elsewhere. The Surrey Register was an anticipation of the official Veteran Reserve.— En. Spectator.]
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