Which Unit Should I Join?

Evening Star, Issue 23324, 21 July 1939, Page 7

Which Unit Should I Join?

. INFANTRY The infantryman is a real fighting man, and despite the fact that modern, conditions demand that he bo equipped with divers and complex weapons, ho still requires the highest courage, physicak fitness, and morale of any soldier. The training which the. Otago Regiment offers you is varied and interesting. Tlie companies work with light machine guns, rifles, grenades, and revolvers in addition to receiving instruction in use of maps and composing of reports. If you prefer you can join the machine-gun company, giving specialised training in the heavier weapon. You can join the highly-inobilo motor cycle platoon armed with Lewis guns. The Intelligence Section deals mainly with the obtaining of military information, the training consisting principally of mapping, sand table modelling, collating reports, and allied subjects. This is an important unit which should appeal greatly to young men of academical inclination. The Mortar Platoon, as its name implies, studies the employment of that destructive weapon, the trench mortar. The Signals Section is responsible for the establishment and maintenance of communications. It uses Morse flags, sicnalling lamps, field telephones, and radio. Whatever infantry unit you may join you will receive a course in infantry tactics. Whether carried out with

Prepared by the staff of ‘The Evening Star’ Co. Ltd. and inserted by the company in support of the Prime Minister’s appeal for recruits for the Territorial Forces.

models on the sand table during -th« winter evenings, or with men and munition and shells in the field, this >i* a. fascinating study. - ; New Zealand’s infantry has a, great tradition behind it,, but our Territorial Infantry has a greater task in front of it, if it is to . play its part, as;,the strong right arm of our military, defences. ' . MOUNTED RIFLES The mounted arm satisfies the, spirit of adventure which is so strong-in all of us. Quick moving and quick thinking brings a variety and interest, into their training. • For the defence of New Zealand, mounted men, both mechanised, and horsed, are essential. Whether mounted on horses or in armoured carriers or on motor cycles, the Mounted Rifles share with the Infantry the biggest and most onerous share of local defence. ARTILLERY There is only one Regiment of Artillery, and that embraces every gunner in the British Commonwealth of Nations. There is brotherhood in the “ Royal Regiment ” which is not excelled by any other fighting service._ Co-opera-tion is the keynote of artillery trailing ; their object in war is to support the Infantry and Mounted Rifles at every stage, and with maximum efficiency.