THE VOLUNTEER INSPECTION PARADE.

Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 100, 26 October 1881, Page 2

THE VOLUNTEER INSPECTION PARADE.

The ordinary monthly inspection parade of the different volunteer companies throughout the city took place last night, the volunteers being inspected by LieutenantColonel Pearce, the officer commanding the district. The following corps were represented, the total volunteers on parade numbering 321 : — D. Battery of Artillery — Lieutenant M'Credie (in command), SergoantMajor Hyde (Drill Instructor), 6 sergeants, and 51 rank and file, including band (without instruments) ; Engineers — Captain Simpson, Lieutenants Gell and Tail, 4 sergeants, 26 rank and fila ; City Rifles — Captain Crowe, Lieutenants Walden and Ballinger, 6 sergeants, 36rankand file ; Wellington Guards — Lieutenant Young (in command), Lieutenant Blondell, 7 sergeants, 45 rank and file (including band) ; Naval Brigade — Captain C. Johnston, Lieutenants Bennett, Hislop, and Wallace, 9 petty officers, 96 men (including band) ; Naval Cadets — Lieutenant Davy (in command), Lieutenant Diver, 19 cadets. Lieutenant-Colonel Pearce, who was attended by Staff Sergeant-Major Bell, having inspected the men, the whole of the companies (with the exception of the Naval Brigade, the members of which remained in the Drillshed for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements to embark for Opunake on the following day) marched through Thorndon, preceded by the Guards' Band. On their return, the Artillery corps proceeded to the Theatre Royal Hotel, where they held a special meeting, elsewhere reported. The remaining companies were addressed by Lieut.-Colonol Pearce, who mentioned that the proposed review on the 9ili prox. would have to remain in abeyance for a few day 3, pending the decision of the Government regarding the volunteer force at their disposal in the event of a native disturbance. After the dismissal, the Guards' Band played several appropriate selections, to the intense delight of the volunteera and the assembled citizens.'

Andrews' Queen says that many a ragged heart beats beneath an honest coat. As we have frequently remarked before, "Never despise a man that wears a ragged heart."