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In my opinion this idea cannot be carried out success- fully as a choice would have to be given to the men as te which Company they preferred to join, and it is natural to suppose that the great majority would favour the lighter work, and so render the garrison Company too small for further use, and there would be small prospect of keeping up its strength to 116 which is considered necessary.
6.
Paragraph 9 of the Committee's report states that drill with guns of fixed armament combined with light machine gun drill is inadvisable, but from my knowledge of the men and
the local conditions I am of opinion that the best and only
way to make the Corps usefulin every respect according to
the requirements of the Committee is to reorganize both
Companies and make them machine gun companies (or infantry
specially trained to machine gun work) but at the same time
to add a stringent regulation that every menber must do a
small fixed number of drills annually in the ferts in order
to become efficient: in this way I could at any time tell
off a number of men to the forts according to the C.R.A's
requirements for mobilization and held the remainder in hand
fer machine gun and infantry duties. An occasional parade at
Stone-cutters, or one of the forts, and a few instructional
drills and lectures during the annual camp would keep up the
knowledge of heavy gun work se that on mobilization the mer
should be fit to take their places to assist the Artillery:
though a very high standard of excellence cannot be obtained.
This scheme should be popular with all ranks, as they will
undoubtedly feel that they are ready to be called upon under
any circumstances, for the defence of the Colony, or for the
suppression of any local disturbances, and their efficiency
as