THE VOLUNTEERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume VI, Issue 1706, 11 May 1869, Page 4

THE VOLUNTEERS.

Thb Auckland Volunteers, under Msjir Tie"da!Lf'i66d the Thames contingent, under Major'CJooper, (uVilid out.in good fori e .yesterday morning. 'i'hey numbered two hundred and fifty oild'of all following morning stages will show:—Auckland Rifle Volunteers—l field ifficer, 17 battalion ofEaeri, 16 non-ctmmissionad officers, and 120 rank and file, Thames Volunteers—l field- offiosr, 5 battalion officers, 9 non-commissioned officers, and SO: rank and file. The Naval Btiga'te and Naval Artillery minnad the gum that fired thc~s*lute from 'fb« Breakwater, and afterwards took post with\open ranks, > in the drive inaide the ground* at Governnignt Uoui&*. _ . The high wind prevailing' rendered it eiflsecdingly difficult for the head of the column to het.r thetora-v. of comutand at times, which caused tome alight cosfusion on their first moving off their ground in Princes-street, but they fully made up for this by their ad i.irable marching down Stiortland-street. I hey moved in sections on to the and their steadiness as they stood in open rank wh'b commented on t>y more than one-old saldiar. We have been in» f»rm->d - that" bat for the necessary unif.jrms being.forthcoming, the muster of Thames Volunteer* would hav<* been much larger than it Was.' It'ruilly is surprising, considering how short a ticrre 1 - ttf&y have been at work, to mark the progreßJtbeybaTe tnnde. If (he Thames corps continue as they hkTO begun, the A.B.V. must look to their laurels.