JOHNSONVILLE RIFLES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 211, 30 May 1908, Page 7

JOHNSONVILLE RIFLES.

—j- ... '' : LIEUTENANT .WILMS RESIGNS. Tlio .trouble in tlio Jolmsonvillo Rifle Volunteer Corps still pursues tlio uneven tonor of- its way. Tlio latest development is tlio ; ; resignation of Lieutenant G. Willis,, which , was formally tendered to tlio Officer-Corn- ■ manding thn Company (Captain F. T, Mooro) : at the conclusion of tho woolfly. pilrado on / . •. ,T Thursday evening. , It is understood tbat tho resignations of ■ . eomo twenty-three of. tho mombors will tako off cot on Juno 3 next, at; which dato tho . threo months' notico required by statute , will have expired. As tho active strength, of ■tho. Company is now about fifty-nine tha ' departure of tho !' twenty-throe " will leavo " : a ghastly Rap in tho ranks/ and probably • result in tho ultimate dissolution of' tho' :. i; ; 1 " corps. On Wednesday next, Juno 3, tlio Company proposes to pay a fraternal visit to tlio" . Hutt Valley Rifles during tho forenoon, when field tactics, followed by football and a tug- ( of-war will'bo indulged in.. In the afternoon ■ ■■■■. : ■ tho corps will parade with tho .troops at tho ,official oponing of: tlio Hall, Ducklo Street, thil; it is stated,' being tho ..Nr.--Inst- anpearanco on parade of tho " twenty 1 three." ■•. ; . 'W-.y':;