Those responsible for the Surrey Veteran Reserve have found many
curious examples of how difficult it is to make the men who are eligible aware of the existence of the Reserve. The Surrey Reserve has now been in existence for nearly two years ; the Surrey newspapers have given the greatest possible publicity to the movement ; special attention was attracted by the parade on the Horse Guards Parade on Waterloo Day last year, and of late there has been the announcement that Lord Roberts will, on May 20th next, inspect the Reserve at a public parade at Guildford. It might be supposed, therefore, that no one resident in the county could have failed to hear of the Reserve. Yet Surrey Veterans are constantly being found who have never heard of its existence ! When they do hear of it, however, they almost invariably join.
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