Letter to the Editor
Halifax Chronicle Herald published
Welcome Support
Ken MacArthur's 21 January letter, Reactivate Rifles, is
timely. Hopefully a new government will
revisit the 1964 political decision that relegated the Halifax Rifles to the
Supplementary Reserve, leaving our province without a reconnaissance capability
so important in view of potential security threats to our coastline. All other mainland
provinces and
Reactivating the Rifles as a reconnaissance squadron will
add appreciably to the effectiveness of
Army support for RCMP security operations on our sparsely inhabited
coastline. National Security elevates this above partisan politics and it
warrants support from all Nova Scotia MPs, MLAs, and
the public. Premier Hamm and Mr. Dexter, leader of the opposition, wrote the
Defence Minister supporting this initiative and the Royal United Services
Institute of NS supports it as well.
Ken MacArthur is a fine example of
the caliber of the 187 Halifax Rifles soldiers who fought with us, in the 22nd
Armoured Regiment(Canadian Grenadier Guards) . Eleven of them were killed and many
more wounded, including Ken who still carries the burden of his wound. We
"Friends of the Regiment" welcome his letter with the possibility
that it will stir Nova Scotians to support the
initiative to have his regiment, the Halifax Rifles, reactivated.
Edward Amy
Friends of the
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