THE VOLUNTEERS. THE EASTER ENCAMPMENT.
ThejVolunteer encampment which is to be held at Easter will probably be the largest that has ever been held in Wellington. The site selected is at Burnham, on the Miramar Flat, close to the Messrs. Crawford's windmill. On Monday morning a fatigue party from the Permanent Milibia will start to pitch the tents there. The Wellington Naval Brigade, the three rifle companies at head-quarters, and the Garrison Band will assemble gi Mount Cook Drillshed at 8 a.m. on Friday, Bth April, and march to camp; the D Battery Artillery, with guns horsed, following an hour later. The Taranaki Rifles will leave for Wellington by special train at' 2 p.m. on Thursday, the Wairoa Mounted Rifles joining this train at Waverley at 6 p.m., the contingent of Manawatu Mounted Rifles at Feilding at 10.30 p.m., and che remainder of the Mana- ' watu Mounted Rifles and the Palmerston North Rifles at Palmerston at midnight. The Alexandra l Cavalry, Wanganui Rifles, and supernumerary band will start by special train from Wanganui at 9 p.m., the Royal Rifles joining at Marton at 11 p.m., and the Manchester Rifles at Feildiug at midnight. The Napier Guards and Napier Rifles iiM supernumerary band will leave home at 8 p.m., the Hastings Rifles joining at 8.45 p.m., and the Woodville Rifles at 1 o'clock on Friday morning. All the corps will be in camp by noon on Friday, and very little drill will be done until the next day. On Sunday morning there will be a church parade in camp, and the Bishop of Wellington will preach. On Monday a sham-fight is to take place, and soon afterwards the men will break camp.
The annual meeting of the Guards was held last night. The report and balancesheet, which was of a satisfactory character, were adopted. Mr. J. Duthie, junr., formerly a lieutenant in the corps, was elected captain. The following were elected to the various offices: — Secretary, Pvt. C. H. Aamodt; Auditors, Sergt. Jones and Pvt. Raven ; General Committee, Sergts. Love and Lacey; Corpls. Edinger and Leslie, Pvts. James and Hale. Final arrangements were made for the camp. For the information of a correspondent we give the relative positions of the leaxiing Wellington men in the final stagey of the recent Rifle Championship Meeting. Hale, with a score of 475, stood 18th on the list ; W. H. Ballinge.- was 27th, v-ith463 ; Howe, 31st, with 457 ; Raven, 32nd, with 454 ; Bunckenberg, 34th, with 452 ; Turner, 35th, with 451 ; Wilkie, 41st, with 434. A prize of £5 5s given by Messrs. Thomson, Lewis & Co. for most attendances at the parades of the Wanganui Rifles has been won by Volunteers Purser and Watson, who attended every parade last year, and also tied in points for condition of their accoutrement) 1 . They divide the prize. The Rifles have a credit balance of over £100' as a result of the year's work. " Owing to the very unsatisfactory quality of the ammunition suppjied by Government, your Council, at a slight advance, made arrangements for a regular supply of Kynoch, a considerable stock of which is on hand, and we strongly advise a continuance of this course, unless the Government issue much improve." — Extract from annual report of the Wanganui Rifles.
THE VOLUNTEERS. THE EASTER ENCAMPMENT.
Evening Post, Volume LV, Issue 77, 1 April 1898, Page 5
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