TRENTHAM CAMP INQUIRY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 16 July 1915, Page 5

TRENTHAM CAMP INQUIRY

SITTING OP 'ROYAL COMMISSION, (United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Royal Commission, to inquiry int<j> matters cbncerniiig 1 Treii)t"nam; ctm^ ( suriied its sittings tq-dajr,.' '"" ",' t ; The' first witness wa*. Potter',' camp commandant, list of officers associated With, him in control of 'the camp. The in camp- at the time it was.removed 7000. The lowest' number at/any was 2000, and the average since, thpthjidl. reinforcements was 400Q.' ''-.'. ■-*..- . The Solicitor-General: Doypu r consider. , the area., oi the camp,'was sufficient J* . ~ Witness.: It 'would', hav© bee,n. if" thpwt: had. been 'sufficient bujldhigs; '■' •;' i : The Solicitor-General':' Witli, tent* ;t, was hPt sufficient?'; ' . Witness; Well, we had,somp.bujilding|i£ ~ Colonel Potter subsequently stat«&,tnatft the area would not liaye', been, sumciejsx had there- been only, . tent-s, "bi»V it; wtif,, sufficient with tents andjbnilduigp,/ ', The Solicitor-General: Do you ConsidW; v that as a matter.oi fact the, camp t hap been overcrowded!? .-•','' •,',.. Witness': I' don't think it, has; l>eoSri,,' overcrowded, for the time w.e hav&,;hft|d.t it, but,it,.would, have becoine- Bp f ii r 'had "remained there- tfo'r, any longth oftime.' For, temporary .purppses, ari&Vufif der trie circumstances, it was. RU,fn j f:i§nJri'. j but it wag not their intention, to ksjljj>/ 7000 men there all the time. ';-'.