ARMY TRAINING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 69, 22 March 1941, Page 10

ARMY TRAINING.

EXERCISES NEXT WEEK.

DEMOBILISATION ON APRIL 5

l'o«( poned from March IS <>\\'mcr to in-iilliciciit vehicle* bcitiT n^iiilabk l iair I lie (bncrnmont impressment scheme, the ma no;-u\ res in wliieli Army 1!e-er\" '111 it■* will take part are now to In? held tn>rth of Auckland next week. The exercises will conclude on tho night of Marrli .'U. and niii ure then to carry 011: further trainini; liefore returning to their iiotne ;i i (ms in the ea-o of Auckland troojw-, and Waioiiru camp for (entriil Military District territorials. The men will ho demobilised on April so that they can return to civilian life on April

Directing the exercises will be Colonel I). K. Bremner, M.C., New Zealand Staff I orps. who, a«s officer commanding t)i«* Northern Kirl<l Force, if to deputise for llii> Army Reserve commander, Colonel L. 11. .lardine. D.5.0., M.C., who is torn porarily absent overseas on mili'arv duty. First troops, to arrive in the concentration area will Ik* the advance parties of I lie I»t CotnjMsitc Company. .Army Ser\ ice Corp*, and the Ist Field Amhulan«e. Medical Corp*. which are to leave Rotorua at six o'clock to morrow morning. Ihe main bodies i»f these units arc scheduled to leave to-morrow, hut they will stay the night nt Ngaruawahia and go to the bivouac area on Monday. Movement by Road. The 4th Mounted Rifle Brigade, con sitting of the North Auckland and thManawatu Motorized Regiments are due to leave Waiotiru on Monday l.v road. They will spend the night at Te Awainulii and proceed to Henderson on Tuesday. Also to travel by road on Monday will be t lie 12th Field Regiment of Artillery, and this unit will bivouac at Atiaiiiuri for the nighf and spend Tuesday ni«rht at Ngaruawihia. moving to Tnupnki on Wednesday. The 7th Infantry Brigade, confuting of the 3rd Battalion of the Auckland Regiment and the 2nd Battalions of the Wellington and Hawkes Hay Regiments, will travel by rail most of the way from Waiouru. ami will also make u*e"of the road, according to the lorrv transport available. The Ist. Provost Company from Narrow Neck and the 22nd Company of Engineers from Avondale will leave on Tuesday, the former going to Kutneu and the latter to Sxvanson. Taking part in the operations as cncnir troops will lie the 2nd Battalion of the Auckland Regiment and the W'aipuMangawai troop of the Independent Mounted Hines. and they will move out in time to take up their positions.