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Reservists will be sent to units from the Depots as soon as they are 
clothed and supplied with necessaries. 
Duties of Officers Paying Reservists. 
On receipt of the order to mobilise, an officer paying Reservists will— 
(a.) Complete and send in one envelope (Army Form D. 457) by 
post to each Reservist. 
(i.) Notice on Army Form D. 463, signed by him for the Officer 
Commanding Reservists; with Postal Order for 3s. at¬ 
tached. 
(ii.) Railway and passage warrants for the journey from ReservisPs 
home to Depot. 
( b .) On the despatch of each batch of Reservists from the Depot 
to the unit to which they are allotted by the Officer Com¬ 
manding Reservists, forward to the unit concerned by the 
conducting officer, or by post if there is no conducting 
officer—• 
(i.) Nominal roll of the party, as furnished by the Officer 
Commanding Reservists. 
(ii.) Army Form 0. 1811 for each Reservist. 
The Reserve documents will be forwarded at the same time by the 
Officer Commanding Reservists to the unit concerned. 
Command on Mobilisation. 
Units allotted to the Field Army will remain under the General 
Officer Commanding the District in which they are until they leave 
their place of mobilisation, en route for their place of concentration. 
On leaving their place of mobilisation they will at once be considered 
as belonging to the Field Army, and will come under the command of 
their respective Generals. 
Units allotted to garrisons will similarly pass under the command of 
the Officer Commanding the Garrison to which they are allotted on leav¬ 
ing their peace station for their war garrison. Unallotted units will 
remain under the command of the General Officer Commanding the 
District in which they are stationed. 
The foregoing remarks are of more or less general application as 
regards the Regular Service; and it only remains, before going into 
details affecting the different branches of the artillery service, in a more 
or less special manner, to explain the provision made for the families of 
soldiers on mobilisation. Section 3, para. 94, Allowance Regulations 
provides that —“ When troops are ordered to embark for service 
abroad, without their families, the latter, if on the married establish¬ 
ment, will be sent to their homes, where they will receive the following 
daily allowances from date of embarkation :— 
If accommodated If not accommodated 
in barracks. in barracks. 
Wife . 4d. 
Each girl under 16. l|d. 
„ boy „ 14. l^d. 
Allowances at the same rates are issuable to 
8d. 
2d. 
2d. 
the families sent to the 
