BRITISH ARMY CHANGES.
A NEW ORDER.
DIVISION OF COMPANIES.
Press Asm—By Telegraph—Copyrigi* Received 11.40 p m. London. Sept 17. A special army or :er aunouncea that infantry battalions after September will be divided into four companies, each company having four platoons of monnteds A major or captain comman s tii*» company, wit'i a captain second in command. Subalterns will command the platoons. Advocates of the change point out t*sat a battalion commander exercises more effective control with eight companies, and wonld be enabled to feed tae tiring line more effectively. With a larger company re-organ-isation in war woula reqaire fewer officers.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 2028, 18 September 1913, Page 5
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