"THE LAST POST."
CABLE NEWS.
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright,
DISBANDMENT OF YEOMANRY AND VOLUNTEERS. Received April 2, 8.15 a.m. LONDON, April 1. Under the Territorial Army Act, all the yeomanry and volunteer regiments have been disbanded. The majority of the men are enlisting in the territorial army. The event was celebrated by dinners, concerts, mock funerals, and in most cases the ceremonial blowing of ""The Last Post." Volunteers joining the territorial army under the new conditions will be enlisted . for four years. They will train at such times and for sich periods as may be specified. The yeomanry will receive certain concessions in the matter of pay, which will be at a higher rate than t'.at of the Territorial Infantry.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9056, 3 April 1908, Page 5
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122"THE LAST POST." Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9056, 3 April 1908, Page 5
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