SUPPORT FOR ARMY

Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 31, 12 July 1940, Page 6

SUPPORT FOR ARMY

Colonel Row’s Experience On Tour ATTITUDE OF PUBLIC The officer commanding the Central Military District, Colonel R. A. Row, D. 5.0., N.Z.S.C., has returned after a tour of his district. He found everywhere the utmost keenness and a spirit of co-operation, in military matters. Citizens and local authorities were anxious to do all they could to assist recruiting both for the Expeditionary ■Force, the voluntary enlistments for which cease on July 22, and the Territorial Force and' National Military Reserve. An example of this co-opera-tion was the offer of the Waif da Harbour Board to. allow the use of one of its woolstores for the training of .territorials and military reservists. •

Colonel Row said that men between 19 and 35 were still wanted for the territorials: There had been, a boom in recruiting for all branches of the military forces; there were men' coming forward now at ar greater rate than at any time. since the war began.- - . Regarding the training in Wellington at present of -officers and N.C.O.’s of units from other parts of the district, Colonel Row said that with the exception of a proportion who would remain behind for specialist courses, ■ they would return to their own centres at the end of the two months’ course: They would arrange the organization of their units and carry on with their training for. a month, after which all ranks would go 'into camp for three months. While these officers and N.C.O.’s were in Wellington, the temporary staff in the areas was carrying on training, of units as usual.

The Army ■ team from Trentham would travel to > Napier ''and* play Hawke’s Bay .there on July 13., the gross proceeds to go to the National Patriotic* Fund.