EXTRA EDITION. TERRITORIALS AT TRENTHAM

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 88, 13 April 1912, Page 6

EXTRA EDITION. TERRITORIALS AT TRENTHAM

V The first training camp of the sth ; Regiment, • Wellington Rifles, at was brought to a close yester*'day with a sports gathering, which was ; unanimously voted a great success. Of- • ficers and men alike aa'e agreed that the ■Icamp throughout has been a most plea^ lisant,, experience. The weather, with, one "day's exception, was all that could be ■♦desired ; the men, some of, whom entered Con- their duties with misgivings, and in •Borne cases with prejudice, have emerged »from the ordeal, with the opinion that Ithe experience is one of Ihe most ple&"jfrct that they have undergone, and the. "<C<jers report that the men have display'«d a degree of enthusiasm, a desire to the most of the opportunity, and a -sense of discipline that can only T>e'charjacterised as in every respect satisfactory. ;Im the past it has not been an uncom•mon thdng for the end of a camp to be /marked by some unruliness, which has Jbeen condoned on account of the special Last night'the camp was ■4ae qniet after "lights out" as it has been "throughout, and that, remarked an of--ficer, is as high a tribute as can be paid. In addition, the effect of the ■week's steady training is plainly visible in the appearance of the young recruits, ibothr in regard to the way ia which they •igo through their exercises and the alertJK66 and vigour which, they exhibit "in. jail their actions. The work of striking -camp this morning was carried' out with ..skill and alacrity, and without the ■slightest hitch. The men marched to itbe Trentham railway station after din■mer, and wer© due to arrive at the Xizmbton railway 6tation at 4 o'clock, afjter which they were to march through -the town to the Buckle-street barracks, jwhere they iue to be dismissed.