EASTER MANŒCUVRES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 165, 6 April 1908, Page 4

EASTER MANŒCUVRES.

TRANSPORT OF TROOPS. . A ,'districtr. orfler' -by Lieutenant-Colonel commanding jtho Wellington, District, .gives fuH, particulars regarding ,th'e; ! c.o.mpl.enieliii : df''the'.''''Bluo!' and "Red" Forces respectively, with details of transport ofi oach \to the ' mobilisation -Bale's ! at. Johnson ville^;'and-Paremata. ; '.Mo'.officer 'commanding, tho Garrison Artillery .Division..will make .his-ow r n arrangements for tho transport of his division. Notification of the. transport' Of troops on tho return ,journey - after.-tho: ; manreuvres will appear later." i , The foiling instructions, the order states, will in'no' way/uperscde regimental or bai-' tdlioh'- orders, •^wfiich ! -''must' be issued forthwith :— " ~: r' :;jv;:RED.i F ORCE. ••"''Half,D-Battcry :v (twq guns). ■'Half-Company 'Engineers. ; .. No. ,2 Mounted--Rifles.', No. 4- Mounted Rifles. ... ; No;.il Wellihgtoh';Rifle Battalion (two - ■ i "iifaxims), f."i ! ; AiNpfv'S- Wellington Rifle, Battalion. ," No. 5 Wellington Rifle Battalion. ■ • ''Wellington'Field'Hospital, Corps. : Wellington. Garrison Band. - :-V*:Surgeon;Major J) R. Purdy is attached to tho Red Forcc. x . BLUE FORCE. Half D Battery (two guns). Half Company Engineers. ... .No,: 1,-3founted..Rifles. ~ No. 3-Mounted,rßifles. . - No. 2 Wellington Rifle Battalion' (one Maxim). ,_ ' ' . ; .N0.,4 Ayellington Rifle' Battalion. " : TRANSPORT. D Battery will proceed by road, at timo as foniid ''\ : Troops, detailed below will leave their respective' headquarters' at'the hours notified herein:— ~'/; V "«3 il J. c. No. .5 Company,- Engineers, Manawatu Rail- ! : ,1 ' 1 ' way Station; 8'.45 ! p.in. ! . No.'l, '.Mountc-<l Rifles—. Alexandra,: Wanganui, 10.45 a.m.; Wairoa, • ■ ■ W'averiev,'.' 7 a.m.; llawera, Hawera, '. ■ 5.30 p.m. ; ' Stratford, ' Stratford, 3 > .',p.m..;< Opunako,.. Hawera, 5.30 p.m. No. 3,'M6untecfßifles^-7. ',! Manawatii, Palinersto'n North, .11.40 a.m.; , .HunteryiHe,.. Hiinterville, : 11.50 aim.; ':. : Feilding,- Feilding, 10.30 a.m. ~ , ,No.v 2, Wellington .Rifles —■••• ;, / Four Companies and Band, Wanganui, 8.20 -ji.m.; Hoval '.Rifles, ' Marton, 10.45 ; p.m.; Maneliestor Rifles, Feilding, , . .- h11.40 p:m.; ,Twoi. Companies, Palmors■'j ;ton, Nor|h,';,]?almerston' .Norths 12.20 a.m.' 'A'' No. 4; Wellington Rifles— . / , , Two Companies, .New Plymouth, Now Ply4'"- . mouth,, S p.m.; Waitara, Waitara, ■ 7.15 p.m.; Inglewoodj Inglewood, 8.50 '' . . p.m.; Stratford, Stratford, : 9.30 .;p.m.; . Eltham, -,Eltham, 9!50 p.m.Hawera, Hawera, 10.20 ''p.m. I ;'' Patea, -Patea, 11.15 p.m. ~ - All troops from the West Coast must be booked., to. Johnspn.ville., Railway passes will bo' issued' to officers , commanding dnits by Lieutenant-ColonelJolin ' Watt, V.D., of 'Wangariiii. No. . 2, Mounted. Rifles— 1 Herctaunga,- Wellington, by road, at time ' 'aS'found convenient; Pahiatua, Pahi- . ... . iitua, horses .4 p.m., men 7.35 p.m.; Eketahuna, Eketalmna, horses 4.5 p.m.,.men 8.45.p.m..-;' Masterton, Mas-.ri'te'rton','-horses ,!?.30 p.m;, men 10.15 .■p.m..-..'. N0...4, Mounted Rifles —'. ' East' Coast, 'Gisborne, will proceed by sea ■■■;'!! to Napier, 'as -may bo arranged and ■ notified later, thence by rail from ".'".''Napier; horses" G p.nu, men'7.2o p.m.; Huramua, Wairoa, by road to Napier, 'V- 5 p.m., men 7.20 pm , lTawle s Bi\, Hastings, horses 5.48 p:m.i'.men.:7:ss p.m. . i ' i- . •?.N0t0.77Q.n0 will bo provided'' oil ..the ihbrse-triiin 4, Mounted, to 'cai-ryy to attend j;'to," tho, - of Nos. 2; and 4,. 'Mouiited , ,i-.in'ii4t;ub&' biidiccd. to Wellington. , 1 ;Nd. : ?lv' Rifles, ; with Cyclists, and •^.'^.•..BanU^lj^naway;Railway Station, ■ r 8.45 p.m. , . .. * No. 3, Wellingtmnlliflns— . Threo Companiesl ; an3i Band;': Napier, 7.20 . . p.m.;' Hastings', Hastings, 7:55 p.m.; Waipav/a, Waipawa, 9.20 p.m.; Gisborne,' Gisborno, by sea to Napier as may . be nqtijied later, thence by rail ... 1 at 7!20>p.m.-5 i - ,; ' / '■ •fNo. o,.y.'elliugton;.Rifles— . :: " - ' Dannovirke, Dannevifke, 5.35 p.m. ; Wood-; ville,'.- Woodvillc, ' 6.55 p.m.; Pahiatua, PahiSt'ua,'''7.3s p:in.; Masterton.-Mas-tcr.ton, 104p>,p..m.; Carterton, Carter T ton; io.3s';l)'.nr. j'Greytoivn, - Greytown, ■+10:45 p.m: . * N05.,„3 ,anil„o, Wellington. Rifles, must be booked-to Ngahaufanga'. ■