THE BRITISH NAVY.
THE IMMEDIATE RESERVE
8Y C4BLE—PBESB ASSOCIATION—CO PYBIGET. LONDON, May 11.
Men joining the immediate reserve will undergo 28 days' sea training annually. Otherwise they will be free to follow their civilian occupation.
[Speaking in the House of Commons on March 19, Mr AVinston Churchill said that he proposed to create a new force called tne immediate reserve, comprising retired men who had served from five to ten years, limited to 5000, wherewith he would be enabled to man at short notice the seventh battle squadron and the cruiser squadron.]
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 13 May 1912, Page 5
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92THE BRITISH NAVY. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 13 May 1912, Page 5
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