SOLDIERS ON LEAVE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 71, 24 March 1915, Page 6

SOLDIERS ON LEAVE.

THE FAST-** FROM SAMOA. ( HOME FOR A.HOLIDAY. ' Of the Expeditionary Force which was sent from Xew Zealand: to-occupy Samoa, the.Auckland Territorials, supplied about , 300 men. ineluding-a full company of infantry and a party-of" some 20 signallers. The'3rd (Auckland) Regiment "was called I upon.to supply the infantry company in the hurried mobilisation prior to the departure of theiforee. Arrangements have been made to re- ' lieve the force in Samoa, and almost half • of the number that went from. Anckland have'been enabled to return to New Zea- ji lancL_-"lSnice most of fhem have volun- f teered for- further service abroad, they f. have" not-been 7 paid off, but have been] given a fortnight's leave, with instruc-1 tions-;io report at the Trentham concern- '■ tration camp at the end of that period, i A party of the returned Aucklanders f eamcTon from Wellington on Monday 1 night, arriving at Auckland yesterday I afternoon. Other detachments will follow J later. The men" are, ior- the most part, in good health and spirits, a comparative few being listed as-suffering from ! minor uhnents. i HEALTH OF THEr GARRISON. (By Telegrapit—Press Association.) WI*TiLrNFGTO*N T r Tuesday. ' The Defence Department has received the foUo-w-ing cablegram, dated IMarch 20, from the officer commanding fie troop 3 -in Samoa:— The health of f&e troops, generally, is good. The following are on the eick list:—3rd Kegimeiit.—Corporal Lowndes,] dengue fever; Imitates K. F. Martin,, dengue fever; E. Wills, synovitis; D. Steele, eoKtis. Railway T^jngineers.—• Sappers A. A. Donaldson, colitis; E. F. Lloyd," Tenal calculus; C. Stamden, filariasis: R- L. White, sprained ankle. Medical- ; Corps.--Brhwte W. E. Hall, injury to leg; J. C. Twomey, debHity. Army Service Corps.—Corporal E. H. Cre, tonsffitis. AiLare -doingwwell.