THE TERRITORIALS.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14658, 6 May 1913, Page 3

THE TERRITORIALS.

TEMPLETOX CAMP. VISIT OF GENERAL OODLEY. Sunday night at Templeton Camp vras fine and rather pleasant by comparison with those that had preceded it. iiint ; is to say, it did no: trceze ;is it did on Saturday uigiit, and tho v.iud and xho rain appeuiea to have abated tiieir fury. _ Tlie night piciii-c nad the privilege of seeing t.ue uay break une, and : were in hopes that tne siorm nad ■ passed. The fine-weather prophets prored to ho only havers of good , soowis, oracies uy their own ■ wishes. An hour or so later the usual showers fell. Drill was prceeeued with as usual ycitviday morning, under the tiiick belt of hr tret's whicji surround and shelter the camp. The routine ior vestcr- . day was: S.oQ—'J.bU, physical drill and semaphore practice ; y.b1)—10.30. company drill; iO.<id—-12, practice in outpost wo.-k ; 'l—.i, rifle exercises ; s—i.M,5 — i.M, masketiy and distance judging; /.<SU, technical lectures. The weather had modiiicil sutlkuuitly to allow rille prac tice- to be carried out on the miniacuro rungo widen was bii.lt by the kngincvrs' representatives on the day the men went into camp. General (icd >\v, who was accompanied by Col. V. S. Smyth, Oincer Commanding the Canterbury .unitary J>iscn«, and Capt. Juseoiu t, aide-de-camp to viie General, inspected the cam;> hi tao ii;ornir.a in company with Capt. A. C. Critchly-3'alraonson, officer tn command of the camp, and Capt. Finnis. Adjutant of the Ist Rc,riment, who is second in commr.nd. Tlic General showed that ' he could be very quick, for though he ■was only something over half-an-hour in camp he saw practically all. Afftorwartls he addressed tho men, stating that he was very pleased to Hce thnt tiespito the weather they wee fioino; their work cheerfully and well. Good work was being done, especially at the rifle range. At the present stage of training, both with Territorials and Cadets, he thought that tho I miniature range was more useful than a full and was preferable for instructional purposes. The tents were well kr>nt, nnd he pleased ivitli tho work tVat was boinc done in all branches; and much p'leaFed with the way the moi were fac'nc; tho weather. i The discipline of the camp remains as :■ pood as it has always been, nnd there is vrrv little piclcTiPPs. Ser<»t.-Major Thorrpsnn hp.* at only two oners in tho and neither of these is at all serious.