KINGS'v COLONIALS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 523, 2 June 1909, Page 7

KINGS'v COLONIALS.

EVERY MEMBER RE-ENGAGES. (bt THEaitAf'H'-ritEss ' Uontlon, May 31. Every member of tho King's Colonials Yeomanry encamped at. Colchester bus voluntarily, re-ongnged for scrvico, if necessary, in , any part of the world,' THE OORPS' DIFFICULTIES. Tho notion of tho King's Colonials in engaging for service in any, part of tho world umy possibly be duo in part to a desire to bo outside the new Territorial organisation. The men ifi the Territorial army are not liable to foreign Borvieo. It 'is' known that tho financing ef the King's Colonials has become a matter of difficulty since they were placed under the London County Association. A correspondent of & London paper explains t~ ; "Great care bas always been taken to k«f tho 6orp& & purely colonial one, and a* London lttolf has not offered a ; wide enough field from wliioh to draw the required number ofv roomits, detachments are at present stationed at Oxford, Cambridge, and Livorpooli and it is of interest to note that at the universities the peroentago of llhodcs scholars who havo jollied has been very unusually high. It oan readily be seen, however, that the exlsteUOß 6f thest detachments at a considerable distance from their training grounds involves increased expenditure which tho London County Association somewhat naturally objects to, bo'burdened with, in view of the foot that thoy aw not composed of London men. Formerly, wlioti the regiment itself dealt with the lUohey granted to tho men who had made themselves efficient: it was possible by practising various small economics to mako both ends meet; but uudel tho new system all economies aro credited ta tho association, which is willing to grant extra funds for'drills, winter training, etc, but not for oxponditudo of the nature referred t6 above. Unless soruo Way can bo found out of the dji fioulty, it is to be feared that tho regiment will cease to exist, at any rat* on the'lines, on which' formed. , V •"•''. ' : , "The present difficulty mrjlit be bvcrcbme bj tho establishment of a Colonial Asseolatloi composed OE leading colonials residing iu till; country who, in place of tho County Assoeia tton, would administer a Government grant, supplemented by a oortain number of sub scrlptions that would without doubt, bo forthcoming. It is much to bo hopwj that Mr, Haldane may see his Way. to retaining tho carrier of the reginifcnt on hues such as these, whicli would prove a satisfactory solution of. th< problem." Perhaps tho War Office may see It! way to make somo special provision-in view of the engagement of the King's Colonials tt serve abroad.' '