7. KUSTVERDEDIGING.
The Journal of the Royal United Service Institution van No
vember 1932 bevat een belangrijke „Army Note" betreffende de
reorganisatie van de kunstverdediging van Groot-Brittannië. In
verband met de nog veelal verkondigde opvatting, dat de kust
verdediging minder tot het domein van de Landmacht behoort,
wordt vorenbedoelde „Army Note", waarvan het voornaamste
gedeelte hieronder wordt weergegeven, ter lezing aanbevolen.
Coast Defence Reorganization.
(1) As a result of the investigations made in recent years
into the problem of Coast Defence in Great Britain, the Secre
tary of State for War in his Memorandum on the Army Estimates
for 1932 stated last February that it had been decided to entrust
to the Territorial Army the entire responsibility for manning these
coast defences, and to reorganize the Territorial Army units so
as to bring them into proper relation with the existing seafront
armament and lights, and to provide new units for anti-aircraft
protection.
(2) Geeft de resultaten van een bespreking van verschillende
Legerautoriteiten weer, waarbij een bepaald schema werd vast
gesteld.
(3) The main features of the scheme are as follows
(I) It provides for the reorganization of existing Territorial
Army Coast Defence units and their allotment to defended ports,
in order to bring those into proper relation to the requirements
of sea-front armament and lights.
(II) It provides the necessary anti-aircraft units, either by the
conversion of existing coast defence units, not required for the
sea-front defences, or, in certain cases, by the conversion of field
and medium artillery batteries which, owing to their proximity
to the ports concerned, are suitable placed for immediate man
ning duties in war.
(6) The new establishments published with the scheme will
come into force on 1st October 1932, and units will have com
pleted their reorganization by 31st March 1933.
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„The Territorial Army" is bestemd voor „home defence".
