Excerpt from The Review of Reviews for Australasia: February, 1911 Government is to provide the young guard with clothing and equipment, free of charge. The pre liminary work is to be done by area otlicers, and is Tu be completed by the end of June. After that month the lads are to begin the instructional work. In connection with the young guard, it is estimated that between the ages of 14 and 18 years there are lads in the Dominion. Of course not all these can come into training at once. It is probable that the Government will be ready to start only with about on 1st July. With this in view, the Government has ordered only sets of uniform. The uniform of the citizen forces will be similar to the fighting outfit of the Americans. Thus the equipment ordered embraces hats, shirts, breeches, putties and belts. But no tunics. The supply of rifles has been set at The 18 to 25 years men who will constitute the Citizens' forces, will not come into training until July, 1912. This will help to swell the standing army. The war establishment of the Government at the present time is In order that the equipment of the adult forces may be complete next year, prepara tions are now going on. Rifles, bayonets, uniform and ammunition, all these are being prepared. The idea is to supply as much of them as possible from. Government factories. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.