On Wednesday was published a supplement to the London Gazette
of special interest to the readers of the Spectator, since it deals with the organization of the National Reserve, which has now obtained the official title of the Royal Defence Corps and is organized as a unit.. At first the National Re- servists, when called up, were merged for administrative purposes in some Territorial unit, and nobody did service under the name of a National Reservist. We felt sure that this was an administrative error and could not be long maintained, and so the event has proved. The work which has hitherto been done by the Royal Defence Corps will now for the most part be undertaken by V.T.C. battalions, and the National Reservists under their new name will be left free to be employed in other forms of home defence work.
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