THE ARMS QUESTION

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 226, 16 October 1940, Page 5

THE ARMS QUESTION

HOME GUARD ORGANISER'S ANSWERS "NO BOY SCOUT -MOVEMENT"' V . "I would not have taken 011 the job if I had thought it was gping to be a Boy Scout movement," said Mr R. Sinel, Dominion Organiser for the Home Guard, at the meeting in Whakatane 011 Monday afternoon, when replying to a question by Mr F. W. K. Raymond on the provision of arms and ammunition, ' Mr Sinel said that arms would be made available for training purposes by platoons or companies, but would not be issued to every man* There was an amount of training which could be done in the meanwhile, however, such as training in blocking roads, signalling, platoon and company drill, etc. Mr Raymond: "Are there any dummy Mills bombs which could be used for practising?"' Mr Sinel: "No. There are nol dummies. But I can assure you that the real things are being manufactured in thousands." Mr Sinel said that' good work could be done by instruction in bomb throwing, and this could be effected at the beach with stones of the size and weight of Mills bombs. This practise would give the men the very important strength of arm and throwing knowledge.