MILITARY TRAINING

Southland Times, Issue 19517, 17 May 1922, Page 6

MILITARY TRAINING

TRANSFERS JO RESERVE (Special to the Times.) WELLINGTON, May 16. A substantial number of Territorials will be transferred to the reserve at the end of this month as a result of a regulation that has been issued by the Defence headquarters. This regulation, said the Minister of Defence to-day, provides that trainees who are at present senring in the Territorial force and who have reached the age of 21 years or who will attain that age during the present calendar year, shall be transferred, if efficient, to the reserves from May 31. Another new regulation relates to the exemptions of country members of the Territorial force. It reads as follows: “Only those country trainees who reside within three miles (or five miles in the case of mounted units) of an established training centre, or those who reside in cities or towns within one hour’s journey of a training centre where convenient transport is available, will be posted to the Territorial force and senior cadets. All those who are liable for training, but who reside beyond these training radii will be posted to the non-effective list.” These men must report to the area officer if they change their place of residence.