ACTION IN BRITAIN

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 77, 28 September 1938, Page 13

ACTION IN BRITAIN

CALLING UP TROOPS

ANTI-AIRCRAFT CORPS

WOMEN ENROLLED

(Received September 28, noon.) LONDON, September 27.

As a precaution, British anti-air-craft troops have been called up and five divisions have already taken up strategical positions in various parts of Britain. The anti-aircraft forces, following the recent recruiting campaigns, have been increased in numbers from 2600 to 45,000 and possess the most modern -equipment.

The War Office announces the formation of a women's organisation, named the Auxiliary Territorial Service, which in a national emergency will perform non-combatant duties with the Regular and Territorial Armies and the Royal Air Force. The categories include motor-drivers, clerks, and general duties, including cooking. The numbers required at the outset are 2000 officers and 23,000 members.

The formation of the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service was perhaps ihe outstanding event in a hurried day of preparations against emergency. It will be raised on a national basis through the country Territorial Army and Air Force Associations. Married and single women may be enrolled. Officers will enrol for an indefinite period and members for four years, with the option of re-enrolment for a period of one, two, three, or four years at a time.