ARTILLERY MOBILISATION. 
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Procedure on Mobilisation Common to all Regular Units. 
Officers commanding units will on receipt of the order to mobilise :— 
(a.) Inform all officers and soldiers on leave. 
( [b .) Arrange for medical inspection of officers and men. 
(c.) Telegraph to the Military Secretary the number of officers of 
each rank required to complete to War Establishment, after 
deducting those unfit for serice, or not available through 
being detailed for other duties. 
( d .) In case any men are on command and cannot be spared to 
rejoin their unit, telegraph to Officer Commanding Reserv¬ 
ists. This telegram should also include the casualties which 
have occurred since the rendering of the biennial return, 
due on 15th June and 15th December (see list of returns). 
(e.) Arrange for receiving, accomodating in barracks, tents, hired 
buildings or billets, equipping and arming reservists, as 
they arrive from the depots; and also for the accommodation 
of detachments called in from out stations. It may be noted 
that a comprehensive scheme for accommodating men who 
are thus called up on mobilisation, is under consideration for 
each district. 
(/.) Draw from the Ordnance Store Department at the station 
the arms and accoutrements for the reservists and (if not 
already on charge) the mobilisation stores for the first regi¬ 
mental equipment of the unit. 
(g.) Arrange for the accommodation of the additional horses 
required for War Establishment. 
(h.) On receipt of instructions from the Inspector General of 
Remounts, send a collecting party, at the rate of one man to 
every two horses, with a proper proportion of officers, 
non-commissioned officers, and shoeing-smiths (when prac¬ 
ticable) with head-collars, head-ropes, T bits and nose-bags 
to the remount centre indicated in the mobilisation tables, 
to receive the horses and return with them to the unit. 
This party will take with them any unfit horses of the unit 
that can travel, and hand them over to the Remount Officer 
with Army Form B. 88, and Veterinary History Sheets. 
Horses unfit to travel will be disposed of locally or destroyed. 
(i.) Arrange for fitting harness and saddlery as soon as party re¬ 
turns with horses. 
(j.) Send to the Depot, all officers and men who are temporarily 
unfit to travel. 
(k.) Send to their homes, or place of residence they may select 
in the United Kingdom, all soldiers wives and families, 
except those of men proceeding to the depots, who will 
accompany the men. 
(1.) As soon as the unit is ready to proceed to its place of con¬ 
centration, telegraph to the general officer commanding in 
the district for instructions. 
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