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ARTILLERY MOBILISATION. 
place of residence they may select in the United Kingdom on Mobilisa¬ 
tion for Home Defence.” 
The Militia and Militia Reserve are on the same footing as the 
Regulars; in fact, the latter body is practically an Army Reserve 
recruited from the Militia. 
The Volunteers also enjoy precisely the same privileges as the 
Regulars, on Mobilisation, their status is clearly defined in Section 17 
of the Volunteer Act of 1863. 
We will now examine in detail the status of the 
Reservists. 
For all practical purposes Reservists belong either to— 
(a.) The 1st Class Army Reserve; or, 
(b.) The Militia Reserve. 
In order to understand the procedure on Mobilisation, it is important 
to understand exactly the constitution of these two bodies. 
The 1st Class Army Reserve 1 consists of four sections:— 
Section A. is composed of discharged soldiers who have served for 
not less than three years in the Army, not discharged for misconduct, 
and under 34 years of age. The term of service is for five years. No 
enlistments into this section are at present permitted. 
Section B. is composed of soldiers who, having completed the period 
of Army Service for which they originally enlisted, complete in the 
Army Reserve their first period of limited engagement. This section 
also includes soldiers who, before completing their term of Army 
Service (enlisted for short service) have been permitted to convert the 
remainder of their Army Service into Reserve Service: these men pass 
into Section 0. until their Army Service and Reserve Service together 
amount to the full term of their original engagement for Army Service, 
after which they are transferred to Section B. 
Section C. consists of men whose residue of Army Service has been 
converted into Reserve Service. 
Section D. is a supplemental reserve, and is composed of men who 
have completed their first period of limited engagement, either with the 
colours, or in Section B. or C. of the 1st Class Army Reserve: the term 
of service is four years. 
The Militia Reserve consists of such number of men as may from 
time to time be determined by Parliament: at present a Militia Regi¬ 
ment may enlist men for the Militia Reserve to the extent of one-third 
its enrolled strength. A man may be enlisted for the Militia Reserve 
for six years or for the residue of his Militia engagement. 1 2 3 
A Militia Reserve man is practically a militiaman who, in considera¬ 
tion of a bounty, takes upon himself the obligations of a Reservist, 
liable to be called upon to serve in the regular army: he can be 
appointed to any corps and transferred within three months to any 
other corps. 3 A man in the Militia Reserve remains for all purposes a 
1 Regulations for the 1st Class Army Reserve, 1893. 
2 Reserve Forces Act, 1882, sections 8 and 9. 
3 “ Manual of Military Law.” Constitution of the Forces, Chap. XI., para. 30, 
