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■•Raced under army r CONTROL FORCE OF 50,000 TO BE EQUIPPED MR NASH OUTLINES PLANS OF REORGANISATION. DEFINITE ROLE ASSIGNED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Reorganisation of the Home Guard, and its transfer from the control of the Alinister of National Service, Air Semple, to the Alinister of Defence, Air Jones, were announced by the Acting-Prime Alinister, Air Nash, in the House of Representatives last night. Mr Nash said that membership of the Home Guard now exceeded 100,000. General policy concerning the Guard would continue to be laid down by the War Cabinet, and when invasion appeared imminent the Guard would not be called up by proclamation, but the War Cabinet would accord to the Chief of the General Staff, who would be in command of the land forces of the Dominion, complete discretion to call out the Guard as he might deem necessary for full time duty. OBJECT OF THE FORCE. The War Cabinet had laid it down that the object of the force was to augment the local defences of New Zealand by providing static defence of localities, protection of vulnerable and key points, and by giving timely notice of enemy movement to the superior military organisation. ;
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 August 1941, Page 4
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