THIRD ECHELON.
SHORTER TRAINING? STAFF OFFICER’S STATEMENT. “With the latest turn of world events it seems likely that we will soon be in it. The first brigade is over there, the second is on the water, and you, .the third, are likely to be joining them very soon. Since your course of instruction may be curtailed,
it is up to you to put every your energy into your training make it really worth while.” ’ 1 These words from Lieutenant onel.R. B. Smythe (area staff 0 « for the Southern Military Dist brought resounding cheers from . 143 men assembled with friends King Edward Barracks, Christchun before their departure'for as a draft of the Third Echelon. J' tenant-Colonel Smythe said that; possibility of trouble in the J meant the massing of colonial tr# there and the likelihood of the U Echelon being ordered overseas • short notice. He urged the men take a personal interest .in their tra ing and to undertake individual aj tional study where possible. • When the foregoing was brought the notice of the General Staff Off,; of the Northern Military Distr. Lieutenant-Colonel L. Potter said had no .comment to make.
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Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 5, 31 May 1940, Page 6
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