HOME GUARD AND CITY BLACK-OUT

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 89, 11 October 1941, Page 8

HOME GUARD AND CITY BLACK-OUT

(To the Editor.)

Sir, —The forthcoming trial city black-out, on the night of Sunday, November 2, will give the street wardens of the E.P.S. organisation a much-needed opportunity to check up the individual black-out precautions so far taken by occupiers of office buildings and dwellings in their particular areas. '

When the 'syrens blow in a real emergency,' the : E.P.S. organisation will not be-the only ones to answer the call, and it is considered that the forthcoming trial black-out should be taken as an opportunity by the Home Guard to test out their ability to mobilise rapidly undeV realistic conditions—that is, during a complete black-out. ■ . . ■

It is suggested that unit commanders of all city and suburban Home Guard companies obtain authority from headquarters to carry out trial mobilisation of their respective units during the period of th* complete black-out. Without the laborious organisation required for a combined Home Guard mobilisation, each unit could test out its purely local problems and gain valuable experience. After all, complete black-outs do not happen every month, and this seems a great opportunity.—l am, etc.,

"IT COULDN'T HAPPEN HERE."