HORSES DISAPPEARING
ARMY MECHANISATION Received Sept. 27, 11.5 pm. .LONDON, Sept. 2T. Thf> Daily Mail says that foilowing the success of mechanisation of the army units, including a squadron of the Third Hussars, tested at the manoeuvres on September .19, the War Office is replacing the army’s horses as fast as money is ivailable, although it is retaining a fev r cavalry units because of imperial commitments, notably the Indian frontier, where horses are essential. Engineers signallers, if money is available, xill be without hcifes within a period of three years, and artillery motorisation will be compitted in fi.c years. The army .s moving toward a mobile division v.unable of travelling from 120 :c 150 nr t; daily, and a mechanised .r.fantry division capable of covering 49 miles daily, compared with the p rose n t 1 r, i" L• -.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19350928.2.94
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 228, 28 September 1935, Page 9
Word Count
140HORSES DISAPPEARING Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 228, 28 September 1935, Page 9
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.