COMMANDOS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
STRENTHENING OF FORCESCAPETOWN, March 13. A conference of commandants of Burgher Commandos has unanimously decided in favour of modernisation of the Commando forces. It Is proposed that machine-gun shall be issued to each Commando, and that 50 picked young men in each shall be given a thorough military tr Thc n r'esult will he a considerable strengthening of the forces of the Union of South Africa.
The Commando was adopted by the Boers in South Africa for expeditions against natives. It became however the administrative and tactical unit o the forces of the former Boer Republics. Each Commando was formed from the burghers of military age of electoral district.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 100, 28 March 1939, Page 7
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113COMMANDOS IN SOUTH AFRICA. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 100, 28 March 1939, Page 7
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