USE OF SALUTE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 11, 13 January 1940, Page 14

USE OF SALUTE.

AUSTRALIAN DISCIPLINE. : LONDON". December 31. The . men of tlie R.A.A.F. No. 10 Squadron will he observed closely by the ■ authorities to .decide., whether Australian conception "of militaiy'discipline in the hist war will be permitted in this war. • • TQie Australian airmen have been warned that more saluting .will be expected now, that they,have arrived in England, but the 'airmen are quietly determined to salute no more and no less . than in Australia, and . the matter .is likely to be left at ..that. Imperial soldier die-hards, while-unani-mous in praising the men of the A.I.F. for their courage, soldierly bearing, resoluteness and self-reliance were somewhat shocked by their casual methods in camp and off duty, and, indeed* whenever they were not actually engaged in fighting, as well a-s by their dislike of saluting, j This question of saluting will be j quickly decided. Looking. at Mr. HoreBelisha's new army, from which the old "dug-outs" have been ruthlessly elijjjinI a ted, it can safely be predicted that' I there will not be - any War Office! interference with Australian ideas of .discipline. i I Although saluting is generally ob- ( served in tlie Imperial Army in this war, there is less rigid adherence to saluting in the streets, and seldom does one see l an officer rebuking a private for the " omission," because with so many thousands of troops in the streets in every | city and . town, scrupulous saluting •would be an endless task. <