MARCH THROUGH THE CITY

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 37, 12 August 1914, Page 6

MARCH THROUGH THE CITY

THE FIRST CONTINGENT AN ENTHUSIASTIC PUBLIC. The bands of the sth Regiment sounding out over the city brought thousands of people rushing out this morning to see the massed contingent which is about to sail execute a brief route march. First the drummers sent their rolling music away, and it is grim war music, and then alternated the rousing marching strains of the brass band. Concentrating at the foot of tho Glasgow Wharf, the officers and men who comprise the first contingent, equipped in full marching order, with overcoats and all arms, fell into ranks and companies under Colonel Logan and Colonel Harcourt-Turner. Commands were given and tho parade stepped oft' behind the rattle of tho drums, to march to Bucklestreet Barracks. As the parade passed up towards the old Post Office, crowds of citizens, men and women, out of shops and offices, hatless and breathless, rushed down tho side streets. Almost N every shop and office has its representative in the regiment Here and there a 1 body of men and women raised a spontaneous cheer, and when the Queen's Wharf entrance was reached the mass of spectators there broke into enthusiastic acclaims. Men fell into step and marched beside the uniforms. This is tho first opportunity the city has had during the , present crisis of seeing a maas of marching men, and it is what they have been wanting to see for some > time, for it expresses the national sentiment. All the way along Cuba-street, and through Vivian-street, ' and up Taranakistreet, the troops marched through lines of spectators, and the applause continued. The Auckland qnota met them at Taranaki-street, and marched up in a advance. At the barracks, other bodies were drawn up ' The parade marched into the drill enclosure at the barracks, and here they were drawn up in drill order and the necessary instructions for the day's business were given to them.