AUSTRALIA PREPARED
SPECIAL “SHOCK” FORCE
VOLUNTARY MILITIA
(Reed. August 24, 1.30 p.m.) CANBERRA, August 24.
Following consultations between the Federal Ministers and the senior defence officers, it is stated that the procedure to be adopted in an emergency has been carefully defined. The Prime Minister, Mr.« R. G. Menzies said that th e necessary precautions could be taken immediately. . . A “shock” three of 14000 is being recruited from the voluntary militia under the plan announced by the Prime Minister, the object being for if to act as a covering force to protect vulnerable points at the first sign of aggression. Pending the general mobilisation of the militia, a plan has been substituted for the standing army proposal recommended by InspectorGeneral Squires and rejected by the Commonwealth Government last month.
The camp period will consist of special intensive training of 32 days a year.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20024, 24 August 1939, Page 6
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