WELLINGTON NAVALS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 20, 25 January 1911, Page 3

WELLINGTON NAVALS.

After this week the Wellington Navala, in camp at Fort Dorset, under Captain. Morton, will engage in. gun practice. Yesterday the new 6 inch B.L. guns, which have just been placed in position, were fired for the first time. The test was quite satisfactory. A searching beam has been installed at the fort by the electric light section. On Friday morning next the annual "test ehoot" will take place, in the presence of the Commandant. WELLINGTON. DISTRICT FORCES. ' At the end of last year the strength of the treeps in the Wellington Military Dktiict was ac under: — Royal N.Z. Engineers and Artillery ... 125 Field and Garrison Artillery and Engineers 479 Mounted Rifles • 1267 Infantry 2192 Senior Cadets 1495 Riiie Clube 1903 Field Ambulance 59 Officers (Active List unattached) ... 81 Reserve of QiScers ... 27 Garrison Band and Battalion Bands 140 Total >„ ... 7773 The annual competition of the Wellington Garrison Communications Club will be held on Saturday, 25th Maa-cn. Lieut. -Col. Chaytor, officer commanding the Wellington district, met the staff and company commander of the Wellington Rifle Battalion at the Garrison. Officers' Club last night and criticised Monday's field manoeuvres al Makara The Heretaunga Mounted Hifle6 and Dominion Sceuts commence their annual training in camp at the Hutt Park today. The service practice carried out by the D Battery at Feathereton recently has resulted in* the Battery being classified first class. Sergt. H. B. Peers, of Wellington, and Sergt. Roberts, of Canterbury, have been given probationary appointmente as ser-geant-instructors, and will go into the, training camp at Tauherenikau for instruction. ___^__