Bruce Rifles in Camp.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 4, 17 January 1905, Page 5

Bruce Rifles in Camp.

.'The Bruce Rifles' encampment, which com- ( : menced last Wednesday evening, has .been very well attended,- and. the weather up.to Sunday afternoon, was all that could be desired, when; unfortunately rain set ih, and, up to; time of wriiing, shows no s'ignsjfof -abating. . The. wprk during camp has been of an interest-; , ing and instructive nature, and the members of the'cprps have taken a .keen "'interest ; in: it. The catering arrangements are described as Ai . this important 6ssenti»l has bean entrusted j to.'Mr Tracey, of Dunedin, who has had a- large experience of 'catering .at volunteer .ejicamp'-.. :• ments. '•'"':;.-'■"■■''■.•:•'•' 0": 0'" _- Major Stewort inspected -the camp on Fri-. dayevening, and -he was also: present on Sat- ' urday mornirig v when 'the,, '.'.'company, under' ' Capt.' M'Clymont; .was : instructed in attack practice with .blank .cartridges, the objective being ;M> Inglis' -house,-' ;.."■'".';. '■'■'.,. : '•; . Oil Sunday nvirning- the corps marched to ;the ; hills near.; Mount Steep, ...where ...a sham fight was indulged in. In the afterhbon :. ;a large number of the residents visited the eh* -.- cainpnVerity but had -V.il leave;. hurriedly on ac- : count of tlie heavy rain wh eh fell. In the evening the -corps, headed by the -Milton A Brass Band, 1 marched ta the Presbyterian • Church, where an appropriate sermon was der ; livered by Mr Murray.' '.AJ '.'■■; A.: a ■. 1 The camp breaks up to-morrow mocmag.