MILITIA OF TIIE UNITED KINGDOM
The title of " militia " disappeared from the list of the British forces in 1908, on the conversion of the existing self-contained militia into an army " special reserve " which is restricted to the rSle of providing drafts for the first line.' The " self-contained" second line army of the present day is the Territorial Force (see
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