MOTOR-LORRY CONVOY

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 154, 26 March 1938, Page 10

MOTOR-LORRY CONVOY

Army Service Corps Manoeuvres At 1 o’clock this afternoon a large convoy of motor-lorries and motorcycles of the Army Service Corps will leave Buckle Street headquarters of the Central Command for Featherston, on week-end manoeuvres. The object being to demonstrate modern military transport methods and maintenance of communications, It will be pretended that enemy forces are advancing on Wellington, and the 2nd Composite Company, under Major A. C. Dickson,, 18 called upon to supply food and ammunition to defenders, w’fio are blocking the enemy advance through the Wairarapa. The convoy, comprising 10 army lorries and a number of motor-cyclist orderlies, will set out from Buckle Street and proceed along the Hutt Road, to take up ammunition and urgently-re-quired supplies. Prevented by enemy action from using the main road, they will be diverted along the Whiteman’s Valley road, and, with delays for reconaissance, will proceed through the Wairarapa to the rendezvous at Featherston. The manoeuvres will give them valuable experience in negotiation class 3 roads in darkness, and in locating guides at specified places, emphasising their training in map-reading and topography. Altogether, the experience is expected to prove most interesting and valuable from a military standpoint.