NATIONAL RESERVE CORPS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 30 March 1915, Page 4

NATIONAL RESERVE CORPS

The usual weekly drill Reserve Corps was held in tlie Drill opea last evening, there being about 50 members on parade. The company . was through various company formation movements by Sergt.-Major Gardiner, staff instructor, and' he expressedsatisfaction at' the progress the, corps-is making. Several new ' recruits,-,, ol which orte or had from to vears' past, military service to their credit, joined the ranks laft among the number being - Captain Hwtrson/ "who - went to England with ' : t»fc QueenV jubilee Contingent, ana -AlSfr commanded the North <x>nipany of the 2nd• New Zealand; Contingent.ju South Africa. The. - ambulant* is doing good work. Dr. Jeffreys lias kindly undertaken, the control ot tflas branch, which consists of about 20 nlerO--bers. Last evening Dr. Jeffreys . a diagram touching on various systems of the body and their relation one another. This work : promises to-be-' come most interesting, and as there axe a few vacancies to be filled, those not interested in the drill of the infantrj could not do better than assist with theambulance work. Both sections fall in on Monday evenings, the ambulance section at 7.30 and the infantry at 8 o clock. There will be no infantry drill next, week on account of Easter holidays, anathe ambulance section will meet on Tuesday of next week instead of The next drill for the infantry •wiU'|be held on Monday, April _ 12th-,' > 'A e following Wednesday, 14th j April, Sergt.' Major Gardiner will commence;'Aa for the training of non-commisswned. «- ficers. Those desiring these positions will require to regularly attend the classes, as the most efficient will_b© selected. The class will meet at 7.30 p.m. every Wednesday evening, so it is hoped those intending to join the corps will do so immediately, so as the drilling can so on uniformly. ' ' The subscription is 2s 6d per annum, payable on enrolmeiit. .