RECRUITS WANTED

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23880, 3 February 1941, Page 8

RECRUITS WANTED

AUCKLAND HOME GUARD | Another 2500 recruits are required to bring the Home Guard in the Auckland metropolitan area up to its proposed strength of 14 battalions, stated the area commander. Major -V. \\. Short, yesterday, when reporting on the progress of the organisation. Major Short said that, since the commencement of tlie recruiting campaign, ten weeks ago. the enlistments in the Auckland provincial area had reached 6500. This result was not as satisfactory as it appeared, for it included over 2000 from the Franklin and Hodney sub-areas, thus completing the original quotas allocated those districts. Intending recruits in the metropolitan area were urged to join up forthwith, so that they could get the benefit of the early training now under way. Major Short said it was encouraging to receive requests from the Great Barrier and Waiheke Islands for meetings to be addressed there with a view to forming units. Officers had already volunteered to undertake training of the units as soon as they were formed. TRAINING OF OFFICERS .IXSPKCT.IOX BY MR. FKASER [BV TKT.ECUAI'H I'ItKSS association] AVELLTNG T( >N. Saturday The Prime Minister, the lit. Hon. P. Fraser, visited Trentham Military Camp yesterday afternoon to inspect the work of specially selected officers of (he Homo Guard and officers of mounted rifle units undergoing a course of training. The work of the syllabus of training of the Home Guard was explained by ihe officers in charge of the course. Subsequently Mr. Fraser commented that he was satisfied the training the Home Guard officers were receiving would fie of .immense value in instructing their units. The Home Guard, he added, was playing an important and valuable part in the defence of New Zealand.