The Volunteers.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 999, 24 April 1891, Page 27

The Volunteers.

The Guards held their usual weekly parade in the Drillshed last week. There were 30 rank and file present under command of Lieutenant Porrifc, and the company were exercised in eeveral movements by the non-commissicned officers. The Wellington Rifles paraded at the Volunteer Drillshed for Government inspection parade on Friday. There was a muster of 40 of all ranks, under the command of Captain Hobday. In the absence of Major Newall, Sergeant-Major Finn inspected the parade, after which the corps was exercised in company movements by its own officers. At the request of a number of residents of the Hutt, the Heretaunga Mounted Infantry are arranging to repeat their annual military sports at the Hutt Park on the Queen’s Birthday. A meeting of persons desirous of forming a Mounted Infantry Corps for the Horowhenua district was held at Ofcski on Saturday afternoon, Mr W. H. Simcox presiding. Fifteen persons were present, and a committee to canvass the district for support and membership was appointed, to repoit at next meeting. The rifle match between the City Rifles and Wellington Navals for the Junior Rifle Championship of tho district took plaoe on Saturday afternoon, resulting in a victory for the City Rifles, who defeated their opponents by 51 points, the respective scares being—City Rifles, 655 ; Wellington Navals, 604. Sergeant Roberts was the highest scorer on the winning side with 72, A. Campbell scoring 79 for the losers. The Wellington City Rifles paraded for Government inspection In the Drillshed on Monday, when there were present on parade 67 rank and file under charge of Captain Collins. Major Newall, the inspecting officer, complimented the men upon their cleanliness, and remarked that the parade was the largest he had yet seen either in Canterbury or here. The company were examined in company movements by Captain Collins, after which the men were marched out, headed by the Garrison Band and the newly constituted Bugle Band. After returning to the shed the men were dismissed.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, April 22,

A disposition of the Auckland Volunteer Garrison has been made by Major Goring so that in case of a foreign attack each company would know exactly what place it would have to defend. The City Guards, who are now in camp at North Shore, took part with several other Volunteer companies in a sham fight to-day. The attacking force landed from Rangitoto Channel. Major Goring, who wa3 the umpire, gave his decision in favour of the defenders, saying that had the warfare been real, the Navals, who attacked, would have been slaughtered.