AUCKLAND EXHIBITION.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 88, 14 April 1913, Page 2

AUCKLAND EXHIBITION.

THE MHaTAKY ; -" ;:::

The Executive, of the Auckland .Exhibition have ibee.n' fortunate in. ee'cunng the splendid band of the.ißoyal- 4r-tiHery This is.one of. the,.flueet..ibandg inImperial Army, and in addition to it ? ein g. a first : class- .^lilitarjr.Bee'd 3Ban'J~i.t' ls-also-a. first-class orchestra,,as tnanyiijf: its members ; play the "stringed" instruments of kn orchestra as .well, a.B.':the' reedand brass of a military ."* ■. - ■;; The-Band- will not only 'be r a"-great attractito' to the Exhibition,' but -Kyill ■ .bo ran object'lcsson to'6ur : .ivask' haidsi; no doubt, after the-E?chil)itionclosesr>t will he invited to tour the Dominion. The reason! the application fused. Ava"s" hecaJuse "of '■theA-aifficulfy; ~qt detaching a:Band, front its Regiment." There..ai:e. aijout. 200 bands ■ in-, the Im-i pefial Army, each "battalion'of ' infantry.' and each cavalry regiment possessing .one. The Band, as such, belongs to the. officers: the Government merely grant-. in o a ."_subsidy for-the public;-sgrvices of the Band. It will be understood that the Band is the inspiration of a regiment's military life, and the;-centre ofall social functions. Its services-" are| freely grant-ed 'for the latter- in- apprecir ati'oii , of the hospitality which ■is.extended to the officer's. "The Some-Gov-erhmerit : therefore -experienced -some difficulty'in acceding to Zealand's' application, a difficultj r Xvhich ' the courtesy of 'the officers 'of the Royal Artillery has apparently relieved thetn from. """~ '.."'""" ".?■ '•'••" -:-c;' ! _ ::\lt;,'may. ,the. consists "of:.the; Bloyal..HpreeArtillerj',- the" Garrison ' .lend.: the Fieid Artillery, the. headquarters'of; the whole corps being fixed:in Woolwich: that the R.H.A.. and ±he Field. jAitillery both have bands stationed, Woolwich; and.'that; in all, probability,-;it-i?-the Ba.nd of. the."Fiel.d;".ArtUlery rwhithi is coming out to New Zealand. The motto of the Royal Regiment of Artillery-is "Übique." The. yaripus*latteries-- are-- scattered^-over '-the"British possessions-, 'andt- are -often, absent from" headquarters '-for yeafsC It. will thus be understood that this Band could* be better" -spared than any"'of the other Bands which 'move' withy their regiments.