Open Access3 FIELD SQUADRON, SAEC (PART 1)
Author(s) -
A.E. Van Zyl
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
scientia militaria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2309-9682
pISSN - 2224-0020
DOI - 10.5787/6-1-864
Subject(s) - political science , engineering
From Cape to Cullinan
Although the Union Defence Act of 1912 had made provision for the establishment of engineering units as part of the Active Citizen Force of the Union Defence Forces (UDF). no steps had been taken initially to put this part of the Act into effect and the outbreak of war in August 1914 found the UDF without any engineers