4 NOVEMBER 1911, Page 19

By this simple classification the military authorities will know exactly

the nature of the asset which has been presented to them by the voluntary patriotism of the old soldiers and old volunteers of the country. Class (a) we venture to say, will show as fine a body of men as is to be found in any Reserve in the world, while a very large part of Class (b) will be physi- cally very little inferior to Class (a), and the whole of it exceedingly useful material. Even in Class (c) should the day of peril arise, we do not doubt that many of its members will be able to sing " There's life in the old dog yet" with perfect sincerity.