RETIRED OFFICERS

Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 16, 29 March 1940, Page 4

RETIRED OFFICERS

Help Appreciated f Territorial Training Appreciation of the action of many retired officers in coming back to assist in the training of Territorial units was expressed by Colonel R. A. Row, D. 5.0., Officer Commanding the Central Military District, in an interview with “The Post.” The colonel said that when he visited Waiouru recently where several units have held their annual camps, a number of retired officers were present and some of them had attended only at great personal inconvenience to themselves. Their action had greatly assisted the training and had made up for the loss of experienced Territorial officers who had enlisted with the Expeditionary Force. The units in camp at Waiouru included the Ist Battalion of the Hawke’s Bay Regiment, under Colonel J. H. Irving, the Ist Battalion of the Taranaki Regiment, under Lieut.-Col-onel J. H. Jardine, and the 2nd Field Company, N.Z. Engineers. The engineers did particularly good work there, including the erection of a tubular scaffold bridge over the Waitangi River. Colonel J. L. Saunders, D. 5.0., Officer Commanding the 2nd Infantry Brigade, was at Waiouru during the camp.