4 NOVEMBER 1911, Page 19

The Regulations then lay down the thoroughly sound proviso that

though the County Associations will frame their own rules for the formation and organization of the Reserve, the names on the registers are to be classified as follows:— (a) Officers under 55 years of age, and other ranks under 45 years of age, who are considered to be physically fit to join a combatant unit for service in the field; (b) Officers between the ages of 55 and 60, and other ranks between 45 and 55, who are considered to he physically fit either for combatant duty in garrisons or other fixed positions or for administrative work ; (c) Officers and other ranks not qualified to be included in (a) and (b) who will become honorary members of the Reserve and be retained therein for social and influential purposes.