Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 8, 1966, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday july 8, 1966 corps training purpose of Shilo exercises Here Are men of the militia Field regiments engaged in War with a regular army unit at Camp Shilo thursday. The militiamen come from Manitoba Ontario and Saskatchewan. It. Col. Kenneth w. Langridge officer commanding the Winnipeg service battalion is seen talking to it. J. E. Mcgee officer in charge of the 19 members or the Canadian army corps taking part in the eight Day exercises at Camp Shilo. Artillery guns Boom at Shilo militia tests by Ron Campbell Camp Shilo. Man. Staff the banging of the eight gun Battery of 105-mm howitzers signalled the Start of operation Saracen at Camp Shilo thurs Day. The Battery belonged to the 26th Field. Regiment Royal can Adian artillery with head quarters in Brandon. Starting at . They fired a 72-round live ammunition bar rage metres to soften up the enemy on the Edge of a Distant stand of Trees on the fir ing Range. Theoretically the a platoon of regulars from the Queen s own rifles Calgary had taken Camp Saracen during the night. The 350 militia men and women from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Western Ontario had counterattacked and were pursuing the retreating enemy. Operation Saracen was to continue 24 hours from 12 noon thursday to 12 noon today and the nine militia units would bivouac in the Field overnight. There were about 150 artillery men 50 men on the ground and More than one third in support and Supply operations. Every battalion commander had a regular army Umpire officer attached to him Umpire vehicles being. Busting wish Winnipeg s better restaurants feature Dunn rite Chicken order it and you la see Why. Think career Texaco Canada limited is now offering careers to qualified merchandisers As professional service Centre managers. For further information write Box 1741 free press by Dudley Magnus Camp Shilo Man. Units of the reorganized militia from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Kenora ont. Are engaged in intensive corps training Here in Coop ration with the r e u a r army. The militia was trimmed Down in size Over a year ago to fit in with the newly integrated regular forces which have been used As a in non military terms corps training Means the troops Are facing conditions to be expected in actual War fare. It is the second sum Mer Camp at which the militia has carried of corps training As in years previously they had been engaged solely in survival operations. The engagement thursday during the eight Day exercises was a Battle Between the 350 militiamen and a Small seasoned regular army Force which acted As enemy. The War operation i vol the shortest distance Between two Points is motorways while you sleep motorways on time As promised overnight schedules shrink the Miles to get your goods to Market Fay morning. Call us. Sleep easy Soo Security motorways Ltd. Able by a Large White x on the Windshield. The umpires determined who made what mistakes during the operation and hence who was killed or taken prisoner and ultimately who was winning the engagements. The militia went through and Vance to Contact attack defence and withdrawal operations and the operation was designed to give officers practice in various phases and contingencies of com Mand. 19 women the 19 women of the Canadian women s army corps at Camp shite this year were attached to the Winnipeg service battalion and in their tactical Rote were involved to support operations. In the Field they were Given tile same Opportunity As men to use the 7.62-mm rifles and some of them were better than the said . Kenneth w. Langridge Winnipeg service battalion commander. Most of the women were employed As Drivers or in administration work the Drivers wheeled two and a half ton trucks around the bumpy Shilo ranges thursday afternoon help ing to Supply the allies with ammunition. This morning they would help bring in rations to the bivouac ing men. Thursday night the women were billeted at Camp Shilo base Camp but on the next expedition next july they re going to live out in the Field i with col. Lang Ruge said. I this will be the first time wac militia in Manitoba have i bivouacked in the Field. I col. Langridge said the women would not be attacking with 7.62-mm rifles in actual War conditions. They take part in regular classification weapons firing practice required of All militia members. According to wac senior officer it. J. E. Mcgee a the Field at Shilo some of the women have fun firing the guns but others Don t like it. After the 26th Field regiment barrage an Otter plane acting As an Allied air Supply unit dropped six wheat filled packs by Parachute behind the line of howitzers. Drop techniques col. Langridge described Para drop techniques developed in the Burma Campaign of the second world War which would toe used in an actual Supply drop. These included packing eggs in flour so they would t break on Impact with the ground dropping liquids in two thirds filled containers and dropping. Supplies in it bag which burst into a larger containing bag on Impact. With larger chutes and Multi Chute drops Light vehicles and artillery pieces can now be sup plied by Par drop. The Allied Forward infantry units first engaged a rearguard enemy unit in a delaying action by the retreating enemy at . Thursday. This was the first Contact with the enemy in the Field and occurred in a wooded area about two Miles Northeast of the original firing area about 12 Miles Northeast of Shilo Bane Camp. In this engagement an infantry company was deployed into a copse area where an enemy unit had been hiding. Rifles were popping Blank shells As the men shouted Sig nals that their area was Clear. The ground action in operation Saracen bad begun. Ved artillery infantry Sig nals and service units. The Manitoba tank regiment the fort Garry horse was at Camp Wainwright alta., so no tank operations Are Tak ing place at the Shilo exercises. The Camp Shilo train ing will be completed by the end of the week and militia men will return to civilian life sunday evening. The exercises included an air drop of Supply bundles to beleaguered units surrounded by hostile troops. At last summer s Camp Here there were 450 militia men All told from Manitoba District. This summer 250 of the 350 Are Manitoba District personnel and 100. Are from Saskatchewan and Kenora. About 100 Manitoba District militia however Are at Al Berta and Saskatchewan Camps. Col. D. Of Doug Bur rows an artillery officer arrived at Camp Shilo thurs Day evening after visits to units at the two Camps in Alberta a n d Saskatchewan where he has carried out Lia Ison work. Col. Burrows senior militia officer in Mani Toba is Manitoba militia adviser and official Liaison officer with the regular forces. Col. Barrows in private life is an executive with the Manitoba Telephone system. Units at Camp Are the 20th Field regiment of the Royal Canadian artillery which has Headquarters at Brandon and sub units at Dauphin por Tage la Prairie Minnedosa gift from elks Melfort sask. Special Melfort town Council a regular meeting monday evening received a letter from Melfort elks Lodge pledging towards Melfort Centennial swimming Pool to be spread Over a period of five years and requesting that the first pay ment go to the Purchase and construction of a perimeter Fence. Neepawa and Virden. The regiment is commanded by . J. A. Brereton an employee of the Canadian Pacific railway. The 10th Field regiment Ria which has in Regina sask. And sub units at Indian head and Grey feel is commanded by . A. V. Taylor a Busi Ness executive. The 53rd Field regiment Ria which has Headquarters at Yorkton sask. And sub units at Melville and Kain Sacic is commanded by . T. G. K. Hegan who in civilian life is a druggist. There is 44th inde pendent Battery Ria from Prince Albert sask. And the 40th medium Field regiment from Kendra. The Lone infantry unit Tak ing part in the operations is the Royal Winnipeg rifles whose Headquarters is in Minto armory Winnipeg and is commanded by . N. R. Norm Donogh a govern ment official in private life. The signals unit the 1mb Independent signals squad Ron also with its base at Minto armory is commanded by capt. J. F. Campbell. The Winnipeg service Bat Talion also from Minto armory is commanded by it. Col. Kenneth w. Langridge Canadian National railways. In charge of Canadian women s army corps 19 women clerks Drivers and Cooks is it. J. E. Mcgee. The csacs Are part of the service battalion. It. Col. W. E. Matheson regular army is Camp com Mander. The air drop was carried out in an Otter aircraft by fit. It John Farr of 482 Squadron Craf auxiliary who commanded the detach ment. Ground action Lor receiving the dropped supplies was carried out by 13 com Pany Canadian Provost corps with Woi Joe Nizmik in charge. Or. Nizmik is in the traffic division of the Winnipeg police. One thing about daily newspapers they give you the whole Story television and radio Are Fine for immediate news bulletins. But when you want the whole Story you reach for newspaper. And you re in Good company because most people do exactly that. In a repent Survey validated by the Canadian advertising research foundation 55_% of the people interviewed chose daily newspapers As the source of nost Complete information. Further 31% regarded Tele vision and 49 regarded radio As Media from which you must be missing a lot when you get things in such a condensed yes whether it s news of events in Southeast Asia chamber of Commerce meetings in your Home town.-. Or Sally Winter s wedding. You reach for your daily paper to get. All the details. And you get them. The same holds True for advertising. Because they re not tune bound newspaper ads can Tell you Morcz and Yovu can read them in your own Sweet time. Two Good reasons Why so Many people like newspaper advertising. And people do. 83% in the Survey said they use newspaper ads As a shopping guide. And 41 find them reliable As of to Only 16% who find television ads reliable and 5 who rely on radio ads. Most advertisers Are aware of these facts. Which is Why so Many use daily newspapers to Tell you about their products and services. Smart move when you consider it. Using daily newspapers they can give you the whole Story. 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