MICROPHONE JOINS THE ARMY
HE sergeant-major with a microphone technique will soon be a valuable man in the army-pro-vided he can resist the temptation to start crooning on parade. Tests have already been made in Australia with amplifiers to " reinforce" parade ground instructions. So this looks dike the end of a traditional army figure — the huge-chested sar’major with leather lungs. Amplifiers can also be taken into the field for an officer to explain manoeuvres to a large body of troops, and their use is now becoming normal army practice. For some time microphones have been in the navy -giving the silent service a carrying voice. °
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 73, 15 November 1940, Page 45
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