'Two years ago, the War Omce founded as an experiment an Officers' Employment Branch, for dealing with such cases as might be brought before It" The existence of the branch was not advertised, lest it should be overwhelmed with' work for which It had no funds, and it carried on in a The Commanders Mayor-General Brind was Major-General, "RA, Director of Star Duties and Deputy Chief of the General Star at New Delhi from 1030 to 1933 and now commands the 4th Division at Colchester, He is a Gunner who was Colonel-Commund-ant R.A. and General Staif Brigadier at Aldershot to General Sir David Campbell. He was a fine General Staff Oificer in France and Italy with the S6th Division, 11th Army Corps, and First Army. He was an adminitrative staff affeer in the frst year of the War and chief of the staff in the Irish troubles at the end of the War. He has been unit adjutant and commander, operations and intelllgence chief in London, served with the Italians and is a model liaison offer.
Brigadier Priestman was selected for the command of the 13th Intan= try Brigade in the normal way ast June and to take over on Decescber 15, so this coincides with his appoint ment to the Saar and is hard lines for Brigadier Forster, whose four years are just up. One battalion commander is new in It-Col. Willeox, who took over the Ist East Lancashires last month on transfer from China, In the reorganization plans for the Army to increase the power and mobility of the field force, the experiment with a brigade consisting of one machine-gun battalion and three rife battalions definitely is to be a trial, deciding whether the new formation' is suitable as the standard brigade of the Army and not as a special brigade in each Division. The supporting arms for the infantry will be increased, but there will, on Dalance, be' a reduction in' the number of riflemen. The use of the inch mortar in place of light artillery in support of the infantry involves a large supply of 10 Ib. [bombs being maintained up to the fung line and full teste will be made to gain the requisite knowledge port needed.
In my previous article there was given a broad outline of the general changes and these now. can be supplemented with details. The carriage of riflemen in vehicles to place them fresh and unmarched into the area of their employment will not necessitate mechanical trans ort being permanently allotted {or the purpose and a Divisional Com. mander will draw on the RAS. for purposes of wheeled movement for rifle fire as needed. The plan of a three-battalion brigade is that of sing three rifle battalions supported by one machine-gun Dattallon with Vickers "equipment. The—lighter automatic gun will be considerably more numerous in the hands of the rifle battalion commanders, each The use of a tank battalion with Division will take the form of attaching it when needed and not Permanently posting it to a Division. The three brigades of Divisional Field Artillery will remain horsed, but two Army Field Brigades (not three, as mentioned before) in support will be mechanized. The 3rd Hussars will be mechanized in 1935 to test the new idea of having a mechanized cavalry brigade and tank brigade as a mobile Division.
Major-General Brownrigg is to command the Highland Division. He was AA. and QMG. in charge of the Shanghai Defence Force administration, and held the same post on the Headquarters Staff of the China Command from 1927 to 1931.
Lieut. D. G. Moore, Ist Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Shanghai, has passed the Small Arms Technical Long Course at the Military College of. Science.
Lieut. Cadogan and Bosanauet, Royal Welch Fusiliers, have qualified at the Army School of Education.
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