BOOKLET ISSUED TO RECRUITS ON NEW ARMY LIFE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 44, 15 May 1950, Page 4

BOOKLET ISSUED TO RECRUITS ON NEW ARMY LIFE

“If you’ve just bought a new suit, leave it at home. Wear to camp clothing suitable for storing during your training peiod.” This advice is contained in a chatty booklet issued by Army Head-, 1 quarters which is now being posted to all 18-year-olds in the Bay of Plenty who will be entering camp to begin their military training this month.

Specially designed to fit into a suit or battledress pocket for handy reference, the 'booklet contains full details of the clothing to be issued to the trainees, the items they are expected to take with them to camp, pay rates, and a broad outline of (heir training and recreational programmes in camp. Maps of Camps

It contains maps showing the location of each of the four military c mps at Papakura, Linton, Waiouru and Burnham. *

Broadly, each recruit’s training day will begin at 6.30 a.m., followed by breakfast at 7 and a morning parade between 8 and 8.30. There will be four 45-minute training periods in the morning with a 15minute break at 10.10, and four in the afternoon with a 15-minute break at 3 p.m. The day’s training will end at 4.40 p.m. but for a 45minute period from 7 to 7.45 on three nights a week. There will be up to two periods on Saturday morning as required. Regular periods will b£ provided during training and commanding officers to meet the recruits and deal with any personal problems and discuss administrative matters. Time will also be allowed during training for recruits to hold informal discussions with chaplains stationed at the four camps. There will be a proportion of compulsory church services. Periods have been set aside during training for football, hockey, cross-country running, boxing, basketball and softball. Opportunities for study will be provided during leisure time, and the Army Education Welfare Service may arrange correspondence courses in certain subjects which can be completed after a soldier has finished his fulltime training. Library & Cinema

Each camp has a dry canteen, a cinema, a library carrying a wide range of fiction and non-fiction, and Y.M.C.A. Recreation huts equipped with various indoor games. After the first fortnight, leave will be granted to a proportion of the recruits on Saturday evenings and Sundays. Visiting hours will be arranged for each camp. Single men will be paid at the rate of 11s 6d a day less social security tax. Actual pay will be £3 a fortnight, the balance owing being posted to each recruit at the conclusion of the camp. Married men will be paid 19s a day and must allot 12s a day to their wives.