HOME GUARD

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 February 1941, Page 4

HOME GUARD

PROGRESS OF MOVEMENT IN MASTERTON

SUNDAY PARADES BEGINNING.

RECRUITING RALLY TOMORROW.

At the weekly parade of the Masterton Home Guard last night there was an attendance of 160. all ranks of A Company, and 85. all ranks of B (E.P.S. Company. Again, a number of new* enrolments was made and if this continues it will not be long before C Company will be organised. Owing to the shorter evenings leaving too little time for outside training before dark, it has been decided to cease night parades and to hold parades instead on Sunday mornings twice a month, which will give an opportunity for four hours continuous training. The first parade under this arrangement will be held on Sunday week, February 16. Companies will parade at their respective halls at 8.0 a.m.. returning for dismissal at noon. During the morning a short Church Servicewill be held on the training ground and lea will be served to the troops. From now on, little elementary squad drill, etc., will be done except for new enlistments, but the companies will train in Held craft in order to tit them rapidly to take their place in the field as a fighting force. For this work, barrack square drill is unnecessary. and training time will not be wasted on it. Members of the Home Guard are advised that unit routine orders will be posted each Tuesday in Mr J. V. Gordon's shop window in Queen Street. These orders will give full particulars of future parades and other items of interest and all ranks are expected to make themselves conversant with them.

On Saturday night next the units will parade at their respective halls at 7,15 p.m.. imd march to the Regent Theatre to take jxirt in a recruiting rally which is being run in conjunction with the picture “A World in Flames.” This parade will be headed by the St. Andrew Pipe Band and a special platoon will take part in the proceedings on the stage.