MILITARY TRAINING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19235, 26 January 1926, Page 10

MILITARY TRAINING.

AUCKLAND DISTRICT CAMPS. THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME. OVER 7000 MEN TO ATTEND. START AT END OF THIS WEEK. Over 7000 non-commissioned officers and men of territorial and senior cadet units in the Auckland military district will attend training camps this year. The camps ■will commence at the end of this week and will continue Until the middle of May. In mo.it cases the trainees vail undergo a six-day course. In a few instances the units will be in camp for only five days and others will do seven or eight days' i raining. The principal camps will ho at Narrow Neck and Ngaruawahia. At Narrow Keck the trainees will lie housed in hutments and the. units at Ngaruawahia will all be under canvas. At this camp some buildings! have l>een erected since last year to accommodate the stores. The largest camp wili be held at Ngaruawahia at the end of February, when nearly .1000 territorials and officers will be in training. Thousand Senior Cadets. Of the 7000 men and youths who have to go through a course of training this year, about 200 hold non-commissioned rank. Tim rest are privates, including nearly 1000 senior cadets from the secondary .schools. The majority of the territorials are young workers, whose hours of employment or distance from a training centre preclude attendance at weekly parades. There are also a number of University students, who have elected to fulfil their obligations under the annual camp system.

The first detachment for Ng arn aw alii a will leave Auckland next Saturday. The Narrow Neck camp will open next Monday. In accordance with the regulations, trainees wilt be paid 4s a day.

- Major IT. C. Glcndinning will be in charge of the Ngaruawahia camp for tho • first 10 days, after whicli he will take over the command at Narrow Neck from Major J. A. Wallingford, who will transfur to Ngaruawahia. Details of Arrangements. Following is the programme for camp training this year, with the number of It.c.o's. and men, who will attend at each place Ist Battery, _ Jan. SO to Feb. G, Ngaruawahia . 1--Ist Waikato ,Eegt„ Feb. 1 to C, Ngaruawahia .. .. .. 730 Secondary Schools, Feb. 1 to 6, Narrow Neck .. .. •• .. 28j 2nd Battalion, Feb. 6 to 13, Ngaruawahia 152 Ist Hauraki Regt., Feb. G to 13, Te Karaka .. .. .. • • 271 "VVhankarei High School, li eb. 9 to 13, Whangarei - ... -• • • 200 4th Howitzer Battery, Beb. 13 to 20, Ngaruawahia ... • ... • • , •• 198 Wesley College, Feb. IS to 20, College GO King's College, Feb:. 16 to 23, Narrow Neck ~ .. -• •• •• 227 lat Auckland Itegt., Feb. 18 to 27, Ngaruawahia 170 3rd Battery, Fob. 20 to 27, Ngaruawahia 226 13th Battery. Feb. 20 to 27, North Head 186 Hamilton High School. Feb. 22 to 27, Hamilton .. - - 325 Ist Auckland Regt., Feb. 22 to 27, Ngaruawahia 993 „ Ist Hauraki Kegt., Feb. 27 to March G, Ngaruawahia .. .. .. .. 887 Army Service Corps, Feb. 27 to March 6, Ngaruawahia .. .. .. .. 231 20th Battery, Feb. 27 to March 6, Ngaruawahia 178Metlicals Gorpa, March 7 to 13, Narrow Neeft ' .. .. .... .. 206 Engineers. March 13 to 20, Ngaruawahia 192 9th Mounted, March. 18 to 25, Maunga- * turoto .. * 132 Ist Hauraki, Mar. 20 to 27, Whakatane 150 lat Howitzer Battery, March 20 to 27, Ngaruawahia ■ .. 205 3rd Mounted, Mnxch 26 to Apr. 3, Epscm 366 9th Mounted, March 31 to Apr. 3, Whangarei .. .. 70 Ist North Auckland, Apr. 12' to 19, Whangarei 504 9th Mounted, Apr. 26 to May 3, Kaitaia 61 4th Mounted, Apr. 26 to May 1, Ngaruawahia 107 9th Mounted, May 7to 14, Kaikohe .. 77 Total v rv. , •• 7037 Additional camps, for casual members of the Ist Hauraki Regiment will also be held at Te Karaka from February 13 to 20, arid at Whakatano from March 27 to April -3.