. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. the fresh armies andto act as sorting boxes into which the newmen were grouped. In Great Britain and Ireland tliere aresixty-eight infantry depots, each designatedwith a number and generally referred to asthe centre of a regimental district. Theseregimental districts take their numbers froma regiment which has its headquarters at theparticular depot. Thus, the ist RoyalScots (ist Regiment of Foot) is inRegimental District No. i ; the Queens2nd Royal West Surrey Regiment is will more easily understand how Ki
. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. the fresh armies andto act as sorting boxes into which the newmen were grouped. In Great Britain and Ireland tliere aresixty-eight infantry depots, each designatedwith a number and generally referred to asthe centre of a regimental district. Theseregimental districts take their numbers froma regiment which has its headquarters at theparticular depot. Thus, the ist RoyalScots (ist Regiment of Foot) is inRegimental District No. i ; the Queens2nd Royal West Surrey Regiment is will more easily understand how KitchenersArmy came into the forces. We will takethe 50th Regiment, the Royal West Kents,with its headquarters and regimental depotat Maidstone. The ist and the 2nd Bat-talions being regulars, the one with theExpeditionary Force and the other in India,we need not trouble about them. The 3rdBattalion was the Reserve battalion. Thatis to say, it was made up of militia, and,though primarily designed for home de-fence, could serve in case of emergencyas the feeder to the Battalion at the. THE lOKlUNE OF -THE LONDON OFFICES OF THE UAMllCRG-AMEKIKABRITISH RECRUITING OFFICE. G. P. (LINE TRANSFORMED INTO A in Regimental District No 2; andso on. In addition to these sixty-eight regimentaldepots, which are the homes of the corps,and in wliich most of the records are kept,there is a Guards depot at Caterham, anda rifle depot at \\inchester—tlie RifleBrigade being the one regiment in theBritish Armv whicii does not boast of anumber. It was on tnis foundation that the newarmy began to build. If we take as anexample one particular regiment, the reader Front, or, if necessary, could be employeden bloc in the field. The 4tii Battalionyou will find in the Army list markedwith a small circle and a St. Andrewscross. This is an indication that thisbattalion, which is Territorial, has volun-teered and lias been accepted for foreignservice. The same mark is found againstthe 5th Battalion, and,
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