The Volunteers.

Bruce Herald, Volume XI, Issue 1013, 28 May 1878, Page 6

The Volunteers.

! BIFLE' MATCH. The annual match, between the Dunedin r Gity i a.nd^the' Waikari, Portobello, Glutha, and .Bruce Companies r was, fired at Ifey^ range on the ( Que;en's '?. Irthday. ( Thevconditipns^ot the match were -^te-n fmen^asLle;: n 400,, 500, ; and 600 yards; seven shots .at ..each^range. ,The,, .country, companies arrived, in town by ; Jthe,, morning .t^ahi, and were t kept t hanging about until one o'clock, .a, move was. made for the t .range, ,,where r^another hour '..waß^ortT^uJ^iff rf°V* he ,pity r Guards ,and .^aikari Rangers. The , ( arrangements to r laying \tite ( foundation of the^ Town and v^olunteer Halls was' the excuse made. In conseqiience of the lateness of starting, it "was aliinost dark before the Waikari and Por-?olb^lacoWpanies:hftd-finished. -The match terminated in favour, of "Bruce by nine points over the City Guards, who were 14 points ahead of the No.^l -Clutha Company. The feature of, ofche i shooting r was the splendid scoreß made by Privates Grant and Nutsford, Sergeant Marryatt, and Captain Pettit, of the Bruce' Rifles^' who made 72, 71, 71, and 70 respectively, rv The , following is the detailed

The totals of the other companies are : —

•''•'■'■'.' ■'. . ■ "■- ■■.:•-???*,. »?NK»Bi-.' •■• i ;;,.'V-l---.-v : ''. In :-the evening the country teams ;werejeri -•■ i; V at Carrol's Hp^ Waifcari Rifles, p Maior Wales occupied ; the chair, and Captain T. C. Reid, the ?icechair. . ■■■. '.. : -- _'■• 'y'^;}\['r : ' : ":: ■■:' ■■":.■■. ■■_ ■■, üßual^toa^ts v had;been'dispc«ed>of the Cbairn* an proposed the health of j the ••.Successful-Team," coupled with the namje of jQaptain Pettit. ; - x - iB/^l^^apt^Jtit.s^dJ^fe^^ld i like to see b|tw^ ; th^|two: battalions— twenty r five men a : side. If Major Wales could succeed in gettiag up such a ,J>p, < \\P; r p,. r-s^rV-ia-ir &',•-•'.-• •w^"«JTffe l :iw; > ' f.^it: !.,--■. match, and would communicate with > the Bruce Rifles, tbaf cbm|any^ul4 1^ tiojget a teim together fr6mthV%wo"Taierlii^the)two Cluthi companies,, and i themselves, to, fire against aae^ual number^of men chosen from the ,^a^^aife^ipn: jthe; ■I 1 Umra^jiß^^e^m^cpu^ of Ciapt. MXlartne^ol |he ? l^bell^ Rifle», w,ho replied briefly v Lieu^ 1 Clutha .proposed |tbe f^y r 'GißarJ^ ra^Waatwißijlei' • coupled with names of Captains Wilson ,and Captain Wilson, m replying, apoke of, the

beneficial effect a match like that which bad «aken pl*ce during the day bad on those concerned. He proposed the health of Major Wales. The Chairman in replying, said there were many difficulties to contend w ith before getting a thoroughly successful organisation of Volunteers. The Government did not give a sufficient number of drill instructors, nor were there rifles enough to supply more than those Volunteers who had uniforms. In the event of aw at- breaking out, many citiiens and old Volunteers should be supplied f ' with arms, besides the regular companies. The toast of the " Host and Hostess " terminated the proceedings.

CityGuamia 629 dutha .615 Waikari ... 607 Portobello ..'. «-. 562 & •

scoring of the Bruce Rifles : — 400 500 ,600 yds. yds. yds. TL Oapt. Pettit . ... 23 ,23 24 —70 Lieut. Scott 24 16 16 —56 p „ Beid ,21 24 20 —65 Sergt. Marryatfc ... '26 23 22 —71 PriTate M'Kechnie ... 18 23 16 —57 „ M'Latettie — 28 24 17—69 „ Nutsford ... 25 22 24 —71 „ Grant ... 23 25 24 —72 „ Matheson ... 24 15 16 —55 „ Moore ... 14 25 13 —52 Total ... ... ... ■■;!.■: 638