OTAGO VOLUNTEERS.
Step 3 are being taken to ascertain how many men in Otago are prepared to volunteer for the-Transvaal, but the matter will take some little time, as various inquiries have to bo made before the number can. be'known.' It is understood that volunteer authorities in Dunedin bave ieceived offers from,*,a great many civilians to join any force that'may he sent from the colony, but there is not the slightest chance of any of these being accepted. The selection will be made exclusively from the mounted volunteer corps in Otago, and it is confidently anticipated that ,110 difficulty will be experienced in securing from this quarter the 50 men which Otago is invited to proffer. The officers in charge of the various corps of the Otago mounted battalion were communicated with late yesterday afternoon,.and already replies have been received from the Balclutha ancl Southland, troops that these will, beyond all doubt, be able to supply their quota. Five men of the Otago Hussars, it is stated, havo already volunteered, but the matter will be brought officially under the notice of the company at a* parade to-day. With reference to the position* of Major Robin it may bo explained that as he is now on- the staff it is expected he will be sent with the volunteers if their services are accepted.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11542, 30 September 1899, Page 5
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222OTAGO VOLUNTEERS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 11542, 30 September 1899, Page 5
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