ALMOST READY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1270, 27 October 1911, Page 5

ALMOST READY.

: THE NEW CITIZEN ARMY. 1 FIRST PARADE—NOVEMBER 13. . 'So far as tho Wellington city and sul> - urban districts arc concerned, the new - citizen territorial troops aro almost ready. [ The posting of the medically fit to tho ) various companies has been completed, and in tho course of a few days post- ] cards will Iμ issued to the Tecruits, num. i nioning them to tho first parade, when , . they will be sworn in. In tho organisation of tho Wellington infantry troopoliieially, tho Fifth Regiment, New Zealajrt liifantry—the territorial system has been strictly adhered to, and each company unit will have its own recruiting territory. Tho details are as follow.— A Co'nipany.-lslaud Bay, Newtown South, and lierhamporo. Jj Company.—Newtown North to Uio Ua.sin HesciTC. C Company.—nataitai, Miramar, Soatoiin, Kilbirnit, Mount Victoria, Onental Bay, and Rowmeatli. ,+ I) Company.—Wellington Central. I, E Company.—Brooklyn and MitchoU- , town. . I l ' Conipany—Thonudon, Karon, and '" Wadestown. , (i C'ompnny.—Ono half: Company from ." .Toiinsoiivillo'South to Khandallah and 'J Ngaio—other half: Company from Jolinsonvillo Nc-rth to l'ara])araumu. e II t'oniiKuiy.-One-hall , : Company from (he Kutt Bnrough, Eastbourne, and U ai- '° imi, and tho other half from Iho 3'tfu niiiindcT of tho Unit County. li Company (Iho letters "1, , "J, (Liid il "K" are not used nowadays as nistnicc Live dosignations).— l'etono and tho io's toria OdlegM Rifles. r > Tho iivernifo strength of each conipnnv » will 1)0 nbuilt W. JO. Company (Brook- '!' lyn and MitchcJltown) will h? tho small- «' est unit uf the regiment, with 82, whilo a- ]•" Company (Thorndon, Kaiwarra, and n \Viide<l<nvn), with 102, tlio laa\*-t. A '■ cOTlaiin latitude, has been provided m tho d stxeiM.hs of tho various companies, to •. allow"for recruiting in tho future. ;, Training will commence next month, c November l.'l being tho <lulo tentatively o fixed for the first, parade of the town companies, and November 20 for tho :- units in th« outlying , districts. The c.lli- «; r<\rs of the regiment 'uv t,o meet ine nd- ;. jntant (Cnntain A. 11. Rasnm) this ownY ing, for the purpose of discussing tho ;, various points to l>o noted in connection „ with tho oommnirccmcnt of active work. |_ 'I'lio recruits will not parailo in iiniforjn o for a few weeks yet. Tho remaining 0 units of tho garrison forces—arti Llery, coast dofence, enpueovs. fioU ambulaiico, y etc.—are- expoolcil to l>o ready to «vmj mence training contemporaneously with ;. tho others.