THE VOLUNTEERS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 14192, 15 October 1906, Page 3

THE VOLUNTEERS.

A ■ •— r The members of No. 5 Company .Garrison Artillery Volunteers (Lyttelton. Navals) went into camp at Fort Jervoifi, Ripa Island, on Thursday, _in order to undergo their annual period of sixteen days’ training. There-was a muster of sixty-one of all ranks, .under Captain Foster and Lieutenants . GUI and Parker. The company proceeded to the fort in the steam launch Canterbury, and the members soon settled' down for the night. As at previous camps of instruction, the work is carried on during the morning and tbs’ evening, the men returning, to their civilian occupations for the remainder of the. day. The routine is as follows: —Morning reveille 4.30 a.m., drill ‘ o а. breakfast 6.15 a.m.; evening tea б. p.im., drill 7. p.m., first post 9,30 p.m., last post 10 p.m., lights out 10.30 p.m. Captain Oakes, went into camp with the corps, and Master. Gunner Burbery, Royal New Zealand Artillery, is in instructional charge. . The Waimakariri Mounted Rifle* held a foot parade at West Melton on Thursday.. There, was an excellent attendance, and Lieutenant ■ Henderson was in charge, in the absence of Captain Walker on account of illness. The parade of the Kaiapol Volunteers on ’ Thursday ' was attended by forty-five members, under Captain E. E. Papprill. The new uniforms were, worn, and the men presented a very smart appearance. A church parade of the Rangiora Rifles was held yesterday, morning at Woodend. The company, thirty-fiyo strong, under the command of Captain , Borthwick and Lieutenant Humphreys, cycled from the drill-shed to the Woodend Domain. • There they fell in, and, headed by’the Rangiora Brass Band, under Bandmaster W. Harman,, marched to the Methodist Church, where a large congregation assembled. The Rev ,A. Ashcroft preached, taking for his text St Paul’s injunction to Timothy, “ Fight the good fight of faith, lay. hold on eternal life.” He referred 1 to the militant aspect of the Christian faith, and eloquently appealed to all to engage in the fight.against evil of ©very kind, as our Great ’Master fought. Ho pointed out that the treasures of everyday life must he striven for, and likewise there must be a fight -in the spiritual life, unbelief, doubt and indifference being the great enemies they had to contend against. Appropriate hymns were sung during the service. ;