TROOPS IN FIELD
SICKNESS RATE
LOWEST ON RECORD
The value of intensive training for Territorials was shown during the recent manoeuvres of the Central Field Force, only 116 cases of sickness occurring among the 9500 troops engaged In spite of the wet weather experienced at the beginning and end of the manoeuvres. The thousand vehicles used also came through without serious mishap. The 116 men admitted to hospital were under half the number for whom provision had been made. They were suffering from various ailments, including mumps, and minor accidents. There was one case of a broken leg. By last weekend only 50 of. the men were left in hospital. The sickness rate *s said to have been the lowest on record, and this is considered to be due to the fitness of the troops after their intensive training. Although the actual trek from Palmerston North to the coast was carried otit in fine weather, heavy rain at Palmerston North and the thorough soaking the troops received at the finish of the manoeuvres gave ample opportunity for the contraction of sickness.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 117, 20 May 1941, Page 11
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181TROOPS IN FIELD Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 117, 20 May 1941, Page 11
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