The conditions of enlistment and reserve in the territorial force are a four years' engagement (former yeomen and volunteers being however allowed to extend for one year at a time if they desire to do so), within each year a consecutive training in camp of 14-18 days and a number of "drills" (attendances at company and battalion parades) that varies with the branch and the year of service.
Attendances dwindle, young people don't join, union leaders become persuaders on salaries way above their members.
They blame a recent drop in theater attendances on the impression that the West End has become seedy in recent years.
Last season, Crawley Town was one of only twenty-one Non League clubs to achieve average attendances of 1,000 or higher.
