OUR RAILWAY CORPS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2015, 24 March 1914, Page 5

OUR RAILWAY CORPS.

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' Possibly inany people are unaware of ' :;■• tho existence of. an' extremely .livo' se<v tion" of our defeiioe Jfe,w Zealand-Railway .Corps, This oqrps,' , SQme.-2000- Btrong ; *: is- lnstruoted in defence peculiar to'its ordinary occupation. ..lor instance, members , are ' instructed^in regard to the defence of •st4tioii_ buildings, 1 , the entraining and detraining of troops, general inia'nti'y -■' worki and: militaiy ■: engineering. 'The object-is to .enable each detachnfent to defend its. own station, and ensure the efficient working of the railways in time of war,.-thus;assisting;the mobilisation of trgops anc( the transport of material. The .Railway: Corps is divided into two battalions (North , and South Islands), each pf. which, is.composed of eight com, . panles. ;Thp North Island battalion is ■co/mmandcfl - by Lieutenant-Colonel Q. Barclay, V,D,,• with headquarters' at Auckland, end the South' Island .bat- ; talion by-Lieutepant-Colonql. H. Maoandroyr,, with headquarters at Pimedin. 1 1 .of Railways, js Director, of .Railway ■ Transporti-nnd.- , LieiitejiantTColoncl R. ~ -.'/VV; Jl'Villy,: Assistant; Director ,". Capr 1 tain K. St; John "Keenaii.js staff. oißcer. .'. -It is compulsory for all cadets'.joining ■the railway-s<irvico''to-become members 'of tho Railway Corps. The movement "."; give? evidence of having been taken up ■:•. -wtth e.nthtjfljasm, .'Week-end camps of "V instru'qtjojj ; .were held recently, and 'mmiaturerrjlij blubs have.been' estab* lished. Camps "fop the training of officer ore to bo held-shortly.