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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 83, 2 January 1919, Page 5

The Australian Army Reserve, the objects of which were outlined by Captain Tiddy at the quarterly meeting of the Sailors' and Soldiers' Fathers' Association in Melbourne recently, is a movement which offers to returned eoldiera an opportunity of retaining their identity as fighting men, and at the same time sets out to safeguard Australia in the event of another war. In accordance with the scheme (reports a Melbourne paper) discharged soldiers who have- seen active service, either, in the A.I.F. or by other means, whether in the war now ending or in previous wars, voluntarily take upon themselvos further military dilations, amounting to four days' service per year ,in peace time, which will ensure their no longer drilling in tho oitizen forces, as Captain Tiddy puts it,."alongside the 'cold-footer.'" Each man retains his active service rank, and belongs to his old unit, is furnished with uniform, and may by passing examinations rise to commissioned rank.. Members of the reserve are distinguished by a metal "R" worn in the hat. .In the event of war they will again undertake national defence, but will not be sent out of Australia, nor may they be U6ed for quelling industrial upheavals. A member of the reserve may- resign upon fourteen days' notice. Already some 20,000 members linvo boen enlisted in Australia. \