TRAINING FOR WAR

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20919, 26 September 1939, Page 6

TRAINING FOR WAR

MEN ENCAMP TO-MORROW HOPU HOPU ADVANCE PARTY NAMES OF FIRST CONTINGENT An advance party of about 70 officers, non-commissioned officers and men will proceed tomorrow to the Hopu Hopu military camp. While carpenters have been working at full speed on the construction of the camp, the military arrangements have been completed for the reception of the advance party. Transport is ready and the men selected have been notified. Some will parade in Hamilton. The names of the Hopu Hopu advance party to encamp tomorrow are as follows: Rifle Battalion.—Captain C. L. Brett, Captain L. I. Day, Lieutenant R. S. Sinclair, Second Lieutenant D. H. St. C. MacDonald, and J. R. R. Bamsdali, A. C. Beachen, J. F. Bovin, L. V. Bulford, J. H. Corlett, G. A. Dutton, A. H. Empsen, R. M. Evans, W. J. Horton, G. O. McGruther, J. R. McGruther, R. A. McKenzie, I. G. McLean, D. J. Paterson, R. S. Pearson, D. F. Phillips, H. F. Scott, D. J. Stephen, M. H. Woolven. Rifle Battalion D Company.—T. H. Alderton, R. J. Burrows, H. Fayen, J. L. Gallagher, R. S. Jackson, D. A. Johnason, G. H. Ramsay, A. O. Wallis, A. B. Wright. Divisional Cavalry Regiment Major W. J. Foster, Captain T. C. Wallace, Lieutenant R. H. Wynyard, and R. A. Dillon, A. J. Kidd, J. W. Reeves, E. P. M. Barthow, J. R. N. Gamble, R. D. Haycock, T. Kavanagh, C. J. Robertson, T. O. Saunders, D. Barrett, J. G. Ferguson, J. E. Harris, E. B. Smith. Artillery Field Regiment, New Zealand Artillery.—Lieutenant G. A. Nicholls, Lieutenant S. T. Nolan, SecondLieutenant T. R. Atchley, and D. Carey, J. M. D. McCredie, T. Moir, F. H. Neill, C. W. O. Erwood, B. A. Pomeroy, J. W. Sklenars, G. D. Stuart. Headquarters Division Ambulance Company.—D. H. Ashton, D. N. M. Ferguson, A. B. Guild, N. Hague, R. D. Haswell, A. C. Owsley. Divisional Ambulance Company.— J. M. Bryce, J. P. Hunter, J. F. Seymour. Two For The South Tonight the draft from the Northern Military District for training at Trentham will travel to Wellington. Only two men from the No. 4 area have been selected for training in that centre. They are A. C. Burgess and B. F. Shepherd, both of whom have been drafted to the headquarters of the Infantry Brigade. While the manhood of the Dominion is entering into military life, others are still joining the colours. The stream has been steady over the last few days and the number of recruits in the No. 4 military distnict is now 1207. This includes 73 officers, 960 single men, 43 married men without children, and 131 married men with families.

TROOPS 00 SOUTH

HAMILTON CONTINGENT It might be “a long way to TipI perary” for the New Zealand troops in this war, but the first steps were | taken last night when men from the Northern Military District who have been drafted to Burnham for training left for the South. Other than Burnham no one knew his destination, so that farewells on the station last night were reminiscent of the Great War, except that they were on a smaller scale. From the No. 4 military area ten men joined the district party of 70 officers, non-commissioned officers, and men. There were six from Paeroa and six from Whangarei. They will reach Burnham on Wednesday morning, having joined other detachments on the journey south. The names of the contingent for Burnham who left from the No. 4 military area last night, all to join machine gun corps, are as follows: Major C. F. Thomas, Lieutenant N. J. E. Tong and C. L. Cato, G. S. Harbutt, G. T. Holden, G. L. Lee, N G. B. Lusk, C. B. Mcßae, L. E. A. Voyce, E. H. Bishop. Battalion Parades The Ist Battalion, 16th Waikato Regiment, marched to the rifle range at Hamilton East last night and carried out elementary night manoeuvres under Captain H. Searle. CALL FOR “SUPER EFFORT” COMPLETION OF BURNHAM (by Telegraph.—Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Monday A “super effort" on the part of the workmen to finish the camp buildings at Burnham by the end of this week was appealed for by the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. R. csemple, on Saturday. Mr Semple, who aadressed the men during tneir lunch hour, expressed the gratitude oi the country for the magnincent building effort of the last three weeks. The builders and workers, he said, were contributing their part to the defeat of Hitler, wnom he described as a "bloodthirsty monster.” Nearly 1000 men were working at Burnnam on Saturday, and the Minister was able to see the rapid advance made even overnight in the erection of buildings and the drainage of the 150-acre block. The officers’ and non-commissioned officers' quarters had reached tne stage of completion to enable the Minister to see that the volunteers would be most comfortably quartered. The design of the dormitories and mess-rooms pleased the Minister, who claimed that Burnham and the other military camps being erected in New Zealand would be the equal of any military camps in the world. Three Training Centres The following numbers will be quarted in the various camps for training—Ngaruawahia, 123 officers, 2432 other ranks; Trentham, 124 officers, 1761 otner ranks; Burnham. 98 officers, 2156 other ranks.