GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN CAMP.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 48, 26 February 1926, Page 7

GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN CAMP.

SUCH SPLENDID MARCHING. " HAD DONE HIS HEART GOOD." (By Telegraph.—Own 'Correspondent.) NGARUAWAHIA, this day. The Governor-General visited Hopuhopu Military Camp this morning, where the First Battalion of the Auckland Rejiment is training, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel E. G, Fraser. The Governor-General took the Royal salute at the base. The marching surpassed all expectations. The battalion moved "as one man," and provided an exhilarating spectacle. The First Battalion Band led the march past. The Battery did exceptionally well, especially as the men had to use untrained horse teams.

After taking the salute, the GovernorGeneral expressed himself highly delighted with the appearance and bearing of the Battalion. They looked splendid, he said, and' he was extremely glad that he had come to see them. The way they marched, and also the way they handled their arms, was wonderful considering the short time they had been, together. He must congratulate the officers and men on the finished marching.

Proceeding, he addressed the trainees on the characteristics that go to make an army—by a sense of honour of his company, and by a sense of discipline and duty—characteristics which were at the bottom of all those splendid deeds which New Zealanders did during .-the Great AVnr.

Afterwards his Excellency addressed the officers on much the same lines.

Before leaving the Governor-General said to Colonel Fraser: "I must warmly congratulate you. If I had not come 1 would not have believed it possible. It has done the heart of an old soldier good to see such wonderful inarching."

The Governor-General then proceeded to the artillery lines, where he inspected the Third Field Battery.

Addressing these, the Governor-Gene-ral reminded the men that they were gunners, and, as gunners, were units of the Royal Artillery. They should be proud of that association, and should also remember their traditions. At Cambrai he had had two New Zealand batteries under his command. They had lone valiant deeds. "You in training to-day remember those deeds, and live up to them," were his concluding remarks.