WELLINGTON RIFLE BATTALION.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 222, 12 June 1908, Page 5

WELLINGTON RIFLE BATTALION.

The new Garrison Hall at • Buckle Street; which was formally opened with military pomp and circumstance on June .3, received its . practical baptism last' evening, when the First Wellington Rifle Battalion paraded— 320 strong,, under Lieut.-Golonel W G I Duthie, O.C. '' * -. U'.'# ( ; r , i jf s P e^i o ii the battalion-divided,'the : right half under Captain Esson (City RiflesV proceeding to the Nairn Street Reserve,'and the.left; under Captain C. Harcourt Turner dtity Unt . ' for instru ction in outpost i The battalion re-assembled at 4he Garrison Hall shortly;after 9 o'clock, when the, annual free issue of ammunition was served out to the company units/ after which the men dispersed to-their orderly rooms .The parade state was as follows:-Battalion staff,' Lieut-Colonel W. G. Duthie, 0.0., " f ; w a S! nto o h ' Pa rwr'W'o Nodm ' Captain and Adjutant 'S, • Swgeant-Major Colclough. City Rifles . Captain Esson, 36; Guards, Lieut. Roache,. 24; Kelburno Rifles; Lieut SimTV Captain , Mar?!"s' 46 1 > , n lost i llld Telegraph. Riflcs>43: College Rifles; Captain Turner, 26- Zealandia_ Rifles,-Captain Corrigan, '30;' Hichland Rifles, Captain M'Diarraid,- 42: • Cycle Coras, Lieut. Fountain, 16; Battalion Band Bandmaster Dean, 16. Total, 320

. .The initial lecture of tho series to' be given to the non-commissioned officers which was given by Lieutenant Simeon on Monday evening last, on the subject of ;'Guards and Guard Mounting," was a most interesting and practical address, and it'is probable that it will be repeated at a later date.