PERMANENT FORCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 28, 3 February 1939, Page 9

PERMANENT FORCE.

RECRUITS WANTED. " CHANCE For territorials. Recruits for the > T cw Zealand Regular Force are being called by Army Headquarters (from territorial unite. 'lMife standard required is high. Applicants: .must be at-least sft Sill-tall, and thero is a stiff all-round medical examination; Anyone joining t the Regular Fottce should lio lit for 'active service in any. part of the. world. Tho educational and moral standards required are equally high. Intending recruits must be between t'he ages of 19 and 25 years, unmarried and,, naturally, of British nationality. Serving territorials who are keen on their soldiering, and who can measure up to these exacting standards, should apply immediately to their unit for. further particulars. The closing date for applications is February 14.': For tlio*- regular soldier, as for his comrades of the >Tavy and Air Forces, fchere is no 40-hoUr Week. He signs to serve, jf required, .for 24 hours a day for 305 days in -the year. . There is always the possibility, which is eagerly looked forward to. by everyone, of being sent'abroad, to Australia, and possibly the United Kingdom and India for advanced.training • . ; .

When a recruit is accepted he undergoes . a.'strenuous course. at tlie Army School of 'Instruction, ..Treiitluim, "under picked instructors, and is on, probation for tlie lirst" of his eight years' engagement, ...-At. the end of-lm first five years' service" lie may be recommended for reengageinent- up to 05 yeam of age, -or for transfer, to tlie reserve for the remaining' three years' of lib' original engagement.

During the last six months the Territorial Foreo lias increased its strength •by 1000 recruits,.the majority of whom ihavo been actuated by a. sense of dutv in joining lip. ..Many- of them are veil up. to the standard required for tbo Regular. Force, hudthere should lie no difficulty in. obtaining .the regular recruits now required.