THE REVIEW AND SHAM FIGHT.

Mataura Ensign, Volume V, Issue 241, 27 March 1883, Page 2

THE REVIEW AND SHAM FIGHT.

(By TfiKaRAPH) .-: ■■■■'-. - iMTEHOiiBai?^ jM9.nday, 8 p.m. ■ The morning broke gloomy, with ominous gusts of wind,- ariß #__-_- ; the reveille sounded the prqnjw^pf a. good day :jmA -not -greats The troops, however, .were early, under •way, and as they inarched through the -streets tn route to the railway station the sup broke through and; di sjpelfiiig the^olouds, quite altered the oonlplexiod of affairs, and gave an assurance of fine weather, which wi . npttb)lied, the-day. toughonttbeing..qf< ? .a bgi(ji&!&i&^ * r for the, .transport ; pfitroops were moot complete, tfhie wliole force of about 1000 'were 'taken by 'o_i6' train b_ 24'Wriages, and started,.only/a few minutea?. late; * The 'Cavalry and .Artillery .wen^ by ; . road, ten i; imiles.'' TJio fielct ' selocted was excellently I suited/bein'g'highahddty.and'crdse't'o the junction of tJie^iYertpq,* Kingston, -and Inv .vercargillliues. j / On arrival at Makarewa the troops disenjbarked exjjedifymily, and,at/ppp? .'proceel ded with preliminary manouvres. On the arrival of the Artillery and Cavalry; ; the re-view^roceiaded^ona'finele-vel surface. The march past was splendidly ,exe.c^t f ed by the ''majority of the troops," ''bht'^be i Dunedin Nayals car_ied^he<palm.' : - By this tihJe '^he wliole country side seemed emptied on the revi^.-paddpokii the ; JUU.way, JDephrtmehfe? even running out of th^ special; tickets prepared ; and the orowd of visitors, despite tha size of the field, threatened^ to .hamper the movements of the'troops,' * The bands massed in : the march past gave, an immense volume of sound in playing 'The Brfewh. Gren jadiers,' and added'greatly'tbthe'brUliahoy of "the scene. -- The spectators -cheered- lustily when any particularly 01 march past was executed- The programme movementsin the.reTiew.waa.leng"thy,"and the corps were well prepared ..for , a midday spell before proceedihg'to' the 1 operations of a sham fight, which closed .the day's work. This began about ,2 p.m., and,, was a spirjted affair, 'the only thing lacking being'an undulated ground to show the movements of the different bodies to the •greatest' Advantage. All'passed off without aooident and in realistic style., ,the wwher fit *, big' ; guns, addinij! immensely to the jot- the scene, snc^ the cannonading .being-heard for many miles round . . • -, :? •.".- ' ; < ** ' . i ( ''-' '■ A--.1 ■"■.The return of the troops has now (8 ,p.m.) beeh*: , -'*»efiFdotediti'"'-theyJ'"'are-im-',--^dd'---heart--after a very arduous field:day' Of 13 hours. Th 6 only mishap heard of concerned an over-zealotfß naval; who ) fOrgofe the nrimie 1 ! character of the warfare, and ' gave' ! one' ■of thei opposing force a sovere blow on the stomach with the butt of,hif .oarbine, disabling him andsinaai-dgihim' feel^very 'un^ -comfortable for the fcJ___e.b eingi /:The arrangements throughout are said to have been the best of »any,rev"ievf hitherto ,h,eldr \\} r this Island— n<> confusion, and everything off to time, ;.i' •■":* -. ; :-.•* • ./ *'( „ , Ifhe Canterbury contingent leaves to-night on the return jpttrn<)y.,, ; ...... ,- .- „.*•[.,,■; i. .-J-.0 The decision in the liahd oohtest has given rise to a good deal of adversecriticism. The judge isjsaid to, have . admitted .what f was, generally conceded— ak&dfri". that the In. ? VercargiU bind werethe : best -performers < -6t ; "sfety. ,-. .This, js held .by. tha publio, .tq..ibe ; the main teat of the oompe'titio n, , ,_/ { „. ;!