MILLION MEN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 283, 30 November 1938, Page 11

MILLION MEN.

I * | STANDING STRENGTH. i i j Reorganisation of Germany's Army Forces. MACHINE-GUNS AND BOMBS. Independent Cable Service. (Received 9.30 a.m.) BERLIN. November 29. The Army Year Book, published to-day, dealing with recent reorganisation, puts the standing strength lof the German Army at 1.000.000 i men in six Army groups and IS Army j Corps.. | Every infantry battalion has a I macliine-gun company, which is now made up of two platoons of four puns jeach and a third platoon equipped with j heavy grenade throwers. Infantry will j also be equipped with light grenade 1 throwers for clearing out machine-gun i nests. | There are five tank divisions, also a I cavalry brigade as distinct from sernij motorised cavalry regiments, which, in ( addition to horses, also use motor j vehicles and bicycles. j " RIDICULOUS." British Newspaper's Story of German Mobilisation. PLANS TO CONQUER CZECHS. LONDON, November 29. The German Ministry of Propaganda completely denies a story of mobilisation published in the ''News Chronicle." which it describes as "'ridiculous." The article in question said: "It is reliably reported that Germany is secretly mobilising three Army Corps on the Czech frontier, it is believed as a reply to the persistent agitation of Poland and Hungary for the annexation of Ruthenia in order to give them a common frontier, which Germany opposes. Six divisions are reported to jhave been already completely mobilised and the remaining three to be >n the process of mobilisation. "Well-informed persons suspect that Herr Hitler wishes to hold his hand until some incident prompts the proGerman elements in the Czech, Slovak and Ruthenian Governments to call for Germany's armed support, thus givinsr her a pretext for overrunning the whole country and occupying Prague."