MILITARY CAMP SITES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2974, 11 January 1917, Page 6

MILITARY CAMP SITES

« : i'OWJiliS TO TAKE LAiN'D Bl' j.'i{OULAMATIOiN. A Gazette Extraordinary, jjublished last evomug, seta forth that tue Minister of Defence may, by notice published in tho Gazette, declare that auy laud defined in such notice, and being within one mile of a canrji of military training • or exercise, shall, for the purposes of these regulations, but not otherwise, be deemed to bo included in and to form part of that camp. While any suck notice remains in force all persous who may be in occupation of such land or of any part thereof* or of any house, hut, tent, or other premises situated on such land, and all other persons who may from time to time be in any such promises or on such land, shall comply with tho directions of the officer in command of the camp, or of any medical officer attached to the camp or to any troops for the time being stationed therein, with respect to tho maintenance of such land or premises in a, proper sanitary condition. For tho purposes of thoso regulations tho officer in coinman3. of a camp, or any medical officer attached to the camp or to any troops stationed therein, or any person authorised in that behalf by tho officer in command or by any medical officer aforesaid, mny enter upon and inspect any land to which a notice under Clause 1 of these- regulations relates, and any premises situated thereon, and may, if, he thinks fit, do or cause to bo dono upon such land or premises all such things as may, in his opinion, be necessary or advisable for the purpose of maintaining the samo in a propor sanitary condition. Every person who fails to comply with any directions given pursuant to those regulations, or who_ obstructs any other person in his compliance with any such directions, shall bo guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liablo under the "War Regulations Act, 1914, accordingly.