Excerpt from The Making of a GunnerDepot included three or four officers, and a small staff of clerks to deal with office work, which was naturally considerable.The progress of the recruit was somewhat as follows: He offered himself to the local recruiting officer nearest to his own home, and, after a searching medical examination, and subject to his conforming to certain standards as to height, chest measurement, and the like, which varied with different branches of the Service, was attested, that is to say, he replied to certain questions, and finally signed his name to an undertaking to serve his King and Country for a period of twelve years, a certain number of which were to be passed in the Army itself, and the remainder in the Reserve. This proportion varied with the branch of the Service into which the recruit enlisted and with the requirements of the time, that is to say, whether the unit was nearly up to war strength or would require a large accession of men upon mobilization. For instance, the terms of service might be three years and nine years, or six and six, or eight and four, with the colours and in the Reserve respectively.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.