A short history of the development of the army emergency reserve, the territorial army and their medical services.

NOT all-and perhaps very few-of those who have joined the Army Emergency Reserve or the Territorial Army are aware of the long train of events which has gone to make these forces what they are today. Each has a long and honourable history and before coming to a description of their medical services it is desirable to know something of their evolution. In brief, then, the Army Emergency Reserve evolved from the Militia, through the Special Reserve and later the Supplementary Reserve, while the Territorial Army had as its predecessors the Volunteers, the Yeomanry and the Territorial Force.