ow It’s Done

Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 31, 12 July 1940, Page 7

ow It’s Done

/ METHOD IN ARMY TOON DEMONSTRATES ILE TROOPS LOOK ON. fg ’ • ■ ' irtesy of “Auckland Star” ip' 'striking contrast between squad md physical and recreational <ig was provided in a demonn given at Papakura mobilisaNmp recently by a special plaom the Army School of Instruc-

rentham, to recruits who are jing training for the Second ealand Expeditionary Force, s in ordinary infantry 5 train--11 is carried out with precision a set time, that in the phyide is done with a rhythm, in a way, resembles folk ling thre'e. sides of a square on rade ground, / known as “C2” • o’clock onwards, were several d men of the various units in At the morning demonstration cruits from the Ist Infantry b Battalion and the. Artillery g Regiment, and in the after- ? same phases of training were 1 for the benefit of the 6th egiment, 33rd Anti-Tank Regild 24th (Auckland) Battalion. Essing the men, Major W. 'I, M.C., N.Z.S.C., chief instrucfehe camp, informed them that J,a fortnight they were expectlireach the same standard as grated by the special platoon, jjtirig on the excellence of the the 18 men, all of whom are ~ instructors, Major Murphy “ ,Star” reporter that the re'IIS mid gain a mental picture gaining that they would have '■rough, and it was expected T|r would help them consideroui» ' 511 monstration was watched by Tr commanding the Northern .District, Colonel N. W. McD. HOW TO SALUTE. ;ig. khaki service uniform and gig web equipment, the plain under its instructor, Lieui. P. McCullough, N.Z.S.C., [ittited out faults and tenden- ' faults - as the various phases 'lit training proceeded. v duck the head down to meet d, -which is the usual tenthe instructor cautioned as non was showing how salutcarried out. te to the front — salute!” i ■ ?ut the officer. -And the marchK ' •- • n halted, paused,”' saluted to it, paused, cut the arm to the used and then continued with irch. The movement was car- ■ with precision and such perdng that had it been done in f the public it would have applause. the various stages of recruit ‘ were shown. In the marche movements, including the s, haltings, breaking from slow time and from slow to me, were clean and deliberate, ncular interest was the slow in which the men moved forrith a gliding movement, and anging step when marking /o successive steps being taken e one foot. Then as the dem-

; onstration proceeded the platoon showed how to change direction while I on the march. “Company commanders will take over for warming exercises,” ordered Major Murphy, and the men looking on were put through an exercise which consisted of jumping up and down and raising the hands over the heads, for the morning was bitterly cold and a keen wind blew across the parade ground. RIFLE EXERCISES. While ‘ this was being carried out the platoon fell in with rifles, and rifle exercises were then proceeded with. Towards the end there was a demonstration of sentry drill. “The only time that a sentry stands at ease is when he is in front of his sentry box,” the recruits were told. Then came the drill. “As on sentry—about turn!” and the marching men, with rifles and fixed bayonets, /turned to the left about, instead of the . usual right about. A break and a further period of warming exercises took place while the demonstrators were changing into grey jerseys, khaki shorts, socks and tennis shoes. _ ~ ■'■■■ Preceding the demonstration of physical and recreational training under Sergeant-Major W. V. Douglas, N.Z.P.S., of the Army School of Instruction. Captain T. P. Laffey, N.Z.S.C., who is in charge of this phase of activity in the .camp, explained over the new loud speaker system—this operated the day before the demonstration for the first time —the value of building up the body during the training of a soldier and referred to the various ways that this was accomplished. By easy stages the men in the platoon were loosened up and the exercises were proceeded with, these showthe suppleness of their bodies.