THE VOLUNTEERS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 219, 7 November 1904, Page 2

THE VOLUNTEERS.

THE ANNUAL CAMPS. The camps of tho Nelson Rifles and other corps with thom at tho Botanical Reserve terminal* d on Saturday, and the camp * r a9 struck by each coippaay, The H Battery of Artillery go ijitp camp to-»morvow. On Friday evening Lieul.Co'onel Wolfe paid an official visit to the camp, and e*ani}nod tho section and cimpany officers In various work. Tho Nolson Rifles had a muter of G2, wli'sfc the Cyc'o Corps and town section of the Stoke Rifles were well represented. Wor£ iD'nttack practice concluded tlia evoning'B work, t|;o pypliets reudo'rinjr uuoful servico iy lamp signalling Colonel Wolfe exproßsed^hia great eat isf action with what he had seen, the excellence of tho uiovomenta, and tho knowledge die] hyod by the olficers and noo-eoma. , A number of officers vis'ted the camp on Friday night at the invitation of the Nelson Rifles and Cycle Corps officers, and a * 1 asant ovoning was spent. The N v elion Bi^os before breaking up 2-avo 'three cheers for Sorgt- Major Healy, nlio 1 ftl been most assiduous throughout. Ohetfd <voro also p^ven fo;. lhe following Eii Vfls who had mad donations during the jreek :— Meg rs SYKirkpatrick apd Co, Ltd, Dodspn and Son t Harley fthd Sftn, Hogg and Co, (iorman, Griffin and Son?*, Ltd, and James Rami! tor. On the whole ] ruluable instruction has been obtained. ' ind tbe absence of complaints ia evidence

THE H. BATTERY. j In preparation for their annual camp of instruction which begins to-morrow, the H Battery, with four guns fully manned, went out to Stoke, and were put through field manoeuvre* very successfully, under the command of Captain Madigan. assisted by Sergean Carthv, N.Z.RIA. Owing to the linch Vin of one of the gun wheels com in -Y out Driver Chapman susC t o a?ne n cfa°slight fall but more serious resulted captain Madigan cannot account for tm. accident at all, and does not remember a similar thing happening for many years.