THE NINTH CONTINGENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12047, 18 August 1902, Page 6

THE NINTH CONTINGENT.

RETURN OF AN AUCKLAND DETACH- | ■-, • MENT. " ? § ] :.."-'■ /-'■-'■';.. ';'-'".:/ -''■'"■■'■ '■ ■ . ',;->Yv i LIST OF NAMES. I J Br the s.s. Upolu there arrived at Onehunga j i yesterday morning a detachment of Auck- j landers of the Ninth Contingent, and a few j. details of other contingents,* under Major ] O'Brien, officer commanding,' consisting of c 120 non-coms, ; and men and eight officers. | a These troops comprise four squadrons 1 a (E, F,; G, and H), and . form partof the New Zealanders who returned from I the Cape in the s.s. Orient. The number 1 arriving yesterday does not make up the full | J complement of Auckland men. of the Ninth, 1 I some 80 having remained behind in Welling- 1 ton three of them being detained at Somes | Inland by sickness. Those left in Welling-g ton- are expected to make their way up to | Auckland to-morrow.; „' , ~ 1 , Lieutenant-Colonel Eeid, 0.C.D., met the ' troops at -Onehunga. . A special train leav- 1 £ ing "town at eight- a.m., and the ordinary 11 nine o'clock train, also conveyed a number I of friends and relatives thither, so that when gi the Upolu (which did not call at New Ply- g <. mouth, and which lay outside the heads from ( about midnight) cast anchor at about a- 3 quarter to ten, there was a good crowd | ' assembled to welcome the troopers home, and |" as they drew' near they were greeted with 1 hearty cheers. Owing to • the lack of any 1' definite information, however, as to when i' tho, vessel would arrive, and as to the train 11 arrangements, the number?of people who 11 met the Upolu was comparatively small, and |] some were waiting from daylight. On-air- I j riving in town there were several more per- g| sons awaiting the train at the station, and § the men .were allowed their liberty. The I" Mayor of Onehunga met the troopers on the 8 Upolu reaching the wharf, and the Mayor of J Auckland met and welcomed them at the I, Auckland railway station. .1 The Ninth had a good time in South Africa, : seeing a good deal of the country, g: and going through Natal and the Transvaal— 1 further than the Eight Contingent went. Be- g. yond a little "sniping" now and then they g. did not see much fighting. For the most g, part the men have enjoyed good health, and g, j have returned none the worse for their trip, 1. I On tnc voyage back there was an outbreak 1 ; | of measles shortly before the Orient reached g ! Albany, where the troopship was quarantined, 9; § though some of the men -went ashore on 1 I leave. About 60 took the measles, the ma- | j jority being South Island men. Few were § | seriously affected; but one or two are suf- I | fering slightly from the after effects. f) | On arrival at Wellington the men were I. 9 detained on board for two days, on account |; I of the mysterious malady (supposed to be ft ■ j smallpox), from which Lieutenant Calloway | | was found to be suffering. On the third day | I they were sent to Somes' Island, where most 3 j 1 of them lived under canvas for another two 1 , 1 day.s— is, until Friday last— they | I were released,- the Upolu bringing on the | § number already referred to. , The men do g; 1 not speak too well] of the accommodationsI given to them on Somes' Island, some going g 1 so far as to state that they did not get too |; 1 much food. There appears to have been ag; § general unwillingness to go to the quarantine a 1 station at aTI, no credence being put in the | 9 official statement that Calloway's case was jj i one of smallpox. The Auckland men felt \\ ; I the detention most, and would have pre-1 1 ferred to have been quarantined at Motuihi, | I the Auckland station. There seems to have » been a sudden change in the instructions i of the authorities who sent the men to Somes' | Island. They were first told they would have to remain there 21 days, but were I I ultimately only kept there two days. Be- I fore leaving the Orient all the officers and I men were vaccinated, and several are now I pulling wrv faces, because of their sore arms. j The following is a complete list of those | who arrived yesterday:— [ Officers: Major O'Brien. O.C. (Auckland), Captains Wood and Henderson (Auckland), | Bockett (Onotiki), Lieutenants Taylor, Hawksby, and McLeod (Auckland), and McDonald (Otahuhu).. h E Squadron-.: Sergeant-Major Hunter (One- | hunga), Quartermaster-Sergeant Jackson j (Auckland), Saddler-Sergeant Crombie (Auck- ! land), Sergeants Taylor (Thames), Day (Opotiki), Dormer, and Lyell (Auckland), Corpoa rals Cairns and Bo wen (Auckland), and JackI son (Whangarei), Troopers Anderson (Auckland), Biggs (TeAroha), Barnes (Auckland), | Cunningham (Onehunga), Chalmers (Waiuku), I Carpenter (Auckland), Camp (Auckland), ] Davies (Auckland), De Moiitalk (Auckland), j Ensor (Thames), , Finnighan (Auckland), Fitz- j gerald (Hamilton), Gray (Rotorua), Griffith | (Auckland), Holms (Drury), i Hutton (North-1 era Wairoa), Hartwell (Huntly), King (Auek- 1 land), Lubbock (Pukekohe), Lockley (Auckland),' Ma.theson (Howick), Mason (Wha-] ngarei),- McMillan (Auckland), McLeod (Auckland), G. Nilson and G. O." Nilsou j (Northern, Wairoa), O'Reilly (Opotiki), j Partridge (Auckland), . Parnell (Auckland), | Scott (Northern Wairoa), Stanley (Auck-1 land), Tucker (Whangarei), Taylor (Auckland), Wilson (Auckland), Worrall (Onehunga), Wooll (Rotorua), Williams (Auckland), Woodroffe (Auckland), Warner (Wha- | ngarei), Woods (Onehunga), and Yates : (Pirenga). • „ : - • ... ." ' I F Squadron: Sergeants Dunn (Mangonui), SBell (Opotiki), Francis (Whakatane),. and Thompson Awamutu),; Corporals Richrenga). • \ F Squadron: Sergeants Dunn (Mangonui), Bell (Opotiki), Francis (Whakatano), and Thompson (To Awamutu)-.; Corporals Rich- | ardson (Onehunga), Long (Hikurangi). and I Hoskin (Mangonui); Troopers Bond (Hamil- | ton), Bond (To Awamutu), Brainhardt Bu-1 « clianan (Hikurangi), Bailey. Brockway (Roto-1 I rua), Borroll (Waihi), Cowan, Casley (Pae-1 I roa), Gottie* (Thames), Drabble (Rotorua), I | Dempster (Whangarei), Eros (Dargaville), s I Hartwell, Henderson, Hayes (Rotorua),? ! Joughin (Waihi), McCauley, McNeish (Roto-? rua), 'Monds.;;(Whangarei), Martin (Kawa-1 I! Rye Aroha), Ripley (Paeroa), g § Hartwell, Henderson, Hayes (Rotorua), \ Joughin (Waihi), McCauley, McNeish (Roto- \ rua), Monds (Whangarei), Martin (Kawaka'wa), Rye (Te Aroha), Ripley (Paeroa), ! | Sadler (Auckland), Thompson (Mangonui), | S Townsend (Auckland), Webster (Whangarei), s | and Welch (Taupiri). .. ■ : | . G Squadron: , Sergeant-Major Houghton | m (Thames), Corporals McCabe (Rotorua) and 1 Alford (Auckland); ' Troopers Boscawen| | (Auckland) and Trainor (Onehunga). " g S H Squadron : Sergeant Hulme (Onehunga), I 1 Trooper Marks i (Onehunga). ; | ;| HI Squadron: Troopers Bull, Brinkley (To \ I Aroha), Cargo (Auckland), Carthey (Thames), I j Colbrook (Coromandel), Druitt (Hokianga), i i Elliott (Auckland), "Gaimonsway (Ohaupo), f I Lee (Whangaroa), Metcalf (Auckland), Mar- =| don (Hokianga),' ]\lcConochie (To Awamutu), « I Princo (Te '.' Awamutu), Qiudley (Kaukapa-1 kapa), Stanley (To Aroha), Tapper (Te j J Aroha),, Wilton (Thames); Bugler' Mickleson i ii (Auckland). ■ •',.;! J H2 Squadron : Sergeant Stockley and Cor- \ }>oral . Cato (Auckland), Trooper' ; Partridge" ! I (Te Aroha). (r :i;,^. : r :; •• • " -I ;| "Details: Corporal Week, Seventh Contin- 1 f i gent, Auckland: Troopers- Bougen and j J Clarke; Tenth Contingent, Auckland; Bray, J . I Seventh • Contingent." Takapuna; Harrison, ' ~ I Eighth Contingent, Auckland; and Kohleis, I J S.S.S. Horse, Cambridge. . -\ .." - j J The three troopers : mentioned as* having i ■abeen left in hospital at' Somes' Island are:.i ;| Troopers Turner, B 'Squadron (quinsy); Kit-; ,| chen, F Squadron (laryngeal catarrah after "■ •J measles); - and ■ Compton, G Squadron E (measles). [I ;. ■— . • ,- IS THE TENTH CONTINGENT. | v, ft The troopship Montrose, with the returned |j troopers of the Tenth Contingent, is now • I fully duo from Melbourne, and -should arfg rive at any.moment. The health officer of J J the port (Dr. E. W. Sharman) will board If the Montrose shortly after ; her arrival for xj the' purpose of conducting a medi- • cal inspection. No communication with the " a troopship will bo allowed until the oxaminaI tion, which may be expected to occupy some I two: or '.three .hours,'"has been completed. . ! As far. as is at present known Lieutenant- . 2 Colonel Re-id, officer commanding the Auck--11 land volunteer district, will then see to the I disembarkation of the ' members of the Auckland provincial section of the contingent, and none of tho Southern men will be allowed to land, it: being intended that the vessel' shall, on the landing of the local men, leave immediately; for the South. There will be no special reception on behalf of the citizens, and the Auckland troopers will be B allowed to. disperse on being landed. . i S It is understood that the'.local defence - £ authorities have beeu instructed to make 5 | official inquiries as to the accommodation , j and food arrangements on board the Mon- - > trose with a view to sending on any coinI! plaints that may be made for the informa--5 j-j on of the Commission now sitting in Wel- . f lington for the purpose of investigating the ?\ complaints made in connection with the ar.j rangements, etc., on board the troopships s Britannic and Orient.