THE INSTRUCTIONAL CAMP.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 13937, 10 January 1911, Page 7

THE INSTRUCTIONAL CAMP.

(PHJSSS ASSOCIATION TBLEGHAX.) ; WELLINGTON, JanuWy 9. I The instructional camp in connection - . with the new defence scheme Iras com- .- I menced on Saturday at Tauheri&i&ati, a , Wairarapa. All the permanent inatnie- * . tors of tho Dominion are - present. . Colonel Heard, Commandant of th* i camp, was very fortunate in tbe aeleo- _ tion of the site. It ia an ideal spot, ' sheltered from the prevailing Mind by - a magnificent belt of native bosh. Tho \ Taiihcrinikau river is within a stone's : throw. In front of the camp there i_» ' a natural parade giound, many acres r in extent, and flat as a billiard table. The sanitary and water supply system* are very up-to-date, and an acetylene - gas plant has been erected. All tb«_ , mess tents and the lecture rooms will £ be lighted by it. The men for th.. most - part are a very *mart-looldflg lot. J Many have thrown up good positions I and businesses to embrace a militiry c career. The food is plain, but whole- [ some, and all hands are satisfied with ' the catering. Later. \ Work started in earnest at the camp j to-day, the various squads of subalterns [ and instructors being paraded! in their } respective marquees, where lecturettes s on musketry md other elementary subject., were, given. Tho camp was i inspected by the Camp Commandant, . Colonel Heard. Tbe men wero tint , through a courso of drill during th© . afternoon. ~- , All officers commanding districts will , assemble at Tauherenikau on Feb.n_._y i 18th for two weeks' conrse of instrao* . tion Major-General Godley -will bo - in camp then. j Lieutenant H. E. Arory. of the **D" [ Battery, Wellington, has been ap- , pointed an adjutant. CAMBERLEY STAFF COLLEGE. (press ASSOCIATION TE__SO-U_U.) * 1 WELLINGTON. January ft. ' New Zealand's quota of officers yearly I for instruction a,t Camberloy Staff College is two, and officers commanding dm- - trusts have been asked by headquarters * to call applications for candidates who . desiro to go Home for the course. I Selection will be by competitive exami ihation, and those who aoply "mil havo • to study this year in order toalt tor I the qualifying examination. l»p k coastal ofticers will join tbe Cblloge I 'next January.