Relieves the Monotony.
The absence of uniforms in the Home Guard invests the parades with a degree of informality that sometimes relieves the monotony ot drill, pure and simple. The Christchurch Group Commander, Lieuten-ant-Colonel D. S. Murchison, has had amusing evidence of this. With another officer, he visited the. Linwood parade, but was unable to pass the sentry, and the unit commander had to be sent for to identify him. This was as it should be. In fact the Group Commander was quite delighted with this instance of fidelity to duty. He was so pleased, indeed, that he askqjJ the unit commander If he had any more sentries like this, "Oh, yes," was the answer. "You will find one over there as you go out." Lieutenant-Colonel Murchison *vas more pleased than ever, and finally went on his way. But the reception he got from the veteran guardsman he now encountered was of a different character. The sentry was terse. He said-: 'You two so-and-so's are ducking home early tonight,' and with this salutation burning their ears, Group Commander and his companion hurried on.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 164, 6 October 1941, Page 8
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183Relieves the Monotony. Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 164, 6 October 1941, Page 8
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