THE CAMP AT BALMORAL.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12480, 17 April 1906, Page 9

THE CAMP AT BALMORAL.

CLOSING DAY

Yesterday little was done in camp. The mounted corps struck tbeir camp at 9 o'clock, and about an hour later proceeded to Balmoral railway station to truck horses, the work of trucking being carried out smartiy. A litucLater tho E Battery moved out witu their guns, and the tented field wa_ gradually stripped of its martial appearand.'. At,'Joclock the No. 1 Infan'ay Battalion, under Major Creswell, .No. 2 In rant ry Battalion, under C_pta_u Drayton, and the Artillery Division, iiud-i* Major Gowper, left camp for the conclusion of their field hn.iiig. 'lluground worked over was almost the same as that coverod the oreviou_ day, and the dilierent, bodie_ were toon merrily at work. The artillery _iviskci, which had two Maxims*, put m gowi practice, and tho ->pit" of the guns as thi'y rattled off tneir belts ol _uinitiinlion showed thai the men were workuig tiiem effectively. liie tiring wax over at about 11.3D. aud the men, thoroughly tired but still'lull of spirit, marched back to camp. As the loice approached Balmoral stables the men wo.ro allowed to fali cut and take advantage of tho tine flow of water there, liio day was an exceptionally hot ono, aud the march tiring, so that tho water wan particularly rctre-hing. On the return to camp tlie uie.n were given a lignt meal. an<j camp was struck a tierwards, and t-he tret).* entrained at bidmoral railway eta won for Ciu-i^-iciiurch. Tlr> lollowing memorandum w:i6 issued yesterday morning :—"The oliicer commanding the district, at the close of the niameuvres wishes to thank all troops engaged for tho spirit witli which the wi>rk was conducted. He also w isiios to thank tho u__.Uachtxl ofiicers who acted as umniree." A great deal of the -uooe_s of the camp was due to tlio Brigade staff, among them being Captain Batchelor and Staff Instructors Hoare-and Jones. T_e__ all worked with great energy.