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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13399, 30 January 1907, Page 7

Viewing several aspects oi' the annual volunteer camp of instruction at New Plymouth, tne Taranaki News says: —Too many of the young volunteers look upon the annual camp as a sort of picnic. Some of them have an idea that soldiers must, when in uniform, shout and roar, drink and smoke, and act the fool generally, just to show that they are not merely common everyday citizens in plain clothes. The first night's camp was a full dress affair. Some of the men on leave turned up at the camp drunk as lords, rowdy as Sydney larrikins, obscene as the circumstances would permit. They were, itching to learn the punishment meted out to those who bring discredit on the King's uniform, but none gave them a practical demonstration. They yelled and sang and swore, and defied all attempts to quieten them until at last a dull stupor settled over their feebled intellects, and quiet reigned. In the morning they were told "not to do it again." Far better men have been drummed out of camp for less offences than theirs. Smart cream and coloured crash working skirts. See the window to-day, only 5a lJrt atuiii Milne and .Ohosce,.Ltd.. '