22nd REINFORCEMENTS

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 27, 31 January 1917, Page 8

22nd REINFORCEMENTS

OFFICERS' DINNER.

The officers of the 22nd Reinforcements dined at tho Grand Hotel last, ©veiling. Ca.pt. J. Keir, O.C. B Company, presided, and among those present were the Hon. Jas. Allen (Minister of Defence), Major-General Sir A. W. Robin (General Officer Commending the Forces), .Lieut.Col. 11. R. Potter (Treiitham Camp Commandant), Lieut.-Col. C. R. Maodonald, I.G.S. (Chief Infantry Instructor), Major Mounsey (Quartermaster, Trentham Camp), Ca.pt. .Bell .(Adjutant, Trentham Camp), the Mayor of. Wellington (Mr. J. P. Luke), and others. Various toasts were honoured.

! In proposing the toast oE "The HeadI quarters Staff" Gapt. Keir, as an oJd volunteer officer, said he looked back on his last seven months' experience in camp as the most educative of his life. The warm hand of comradeship was always extended, and the sympathetic word of encouragement and guidance met him on all hands from the General Staff. • Some had said that the 22n<!s wore a good reinforcement —others had said it was one of if not the best. Bo that as it may,, he, felt sure that the General Staff for training at Featherston and Trentham were responsible for whatever good might bo in them, a.nd it gave him the greatest pleasure in placing on'record his appreciation of all those lie had come in contact with in both military camps, and ho i felt he voiced the opinion of all who were connected with the' draft in saying so. The toast would hardly bo complete without reference to Col. the Honourable J.as. Allen. As Minister of Defence the greatest'burden over thrust upon a. Minister of the Crown in this Dominion had been, laid upon him. How he had responded to it was history. REVIEWED BY THE GOVERNOR. The 22nd Reinforcements, were reviewed on Trentham Racecourse this morning by His Excellency the Governor. His Excellency was attended by members of Defence Headquarters Staff and of Trentham Camp Headquarters and Training Staffs. The officers commanding the four military districts v.ere also present. Tho 22nds marched past in column of platoons, ■ making a very fine showing.