THE VOLUNTEERS.
THE ARTILLERY ENCAMPMENT AT THE FORTS.
On. arrival of the Wellington Navals at Mahanga Bay last evening", the whole of the details for manning Forts Gordon, Ballance, and Kau Point were given, and the corps fell in and , marched to their respective stations. Captain Duucan occupied the position of fire commander at Fort Ballance, Mr. Campbell took the post of battery commander at Fort Gordon, and Mr. E. D. Bell, assisted by Mr. Biss, occupied a similar position at Fort Ballance, while at Kau Point Battery Mr. Cooper occupied the fighting station. Tho Permanent Artillery furnished the whole of the details for manning Fort Gordon, while the Wellington Navals supplied the gun squads for the other .fort?, the staff duties being in each ease undertaken by men of the Permanent Force. The torpedo boat shortly after 6.30 steamed on into the fairway with a Hongkong target in tow, and as long as daylight lasted ran past the front of the batteries to afford practice to the gunners in laying the guns on a moving target. A very instructive drill was the result, both officers and men benefiting from the practice.
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Evening Post, Volume LIII, Issue 15, 19 January 1897, Page 6
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192THE VOLUNTEERS. Evening Post, Volume LIII, Issue 15, 19 January 1897, Page 6
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