FOURTH REGIMENT IN CAMP

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15385, 23 February 1912, Page 8

FOURTH REGIMENT IN CAMP

• «> VISITKIJ BY GKNERAL GODLEY. Major-general Godley, Coimnaudant of tlio Now Zealand Forces, who arrived in Dunedin on Tiuvtiiy nielli, iiiid a visit to the Tetrilorial catno al Wniirtuiuoa yostortkiy. Iwing ncc(iui|Kinictl by (.'olonci Sinvtii (U.C. District) and Captain S))cticcr Smith, staJl ollk'cr. On l>'ing Wrtti aftor his return from tlm cani|>, General Cnxlley stal.tl tiuvl he ha<l been much iiiipi-e-sed by his visit to tlio camp, where he had found everything going on most sttfldclorily. On h'.s arrival at 10 o'clock the General ntad.i a ckse \ns\xv,tiott of the battalion, afleiwiirds saw the, men at their ordinary daily routine ol cbiiientary drill, vliich is all that has been attempted in this, the lirst encam'.jliK'iit. After a couple of hours' drilling the hitlaliou was lorinnl up again, and dcneral Ikidley brielly addi\»-oJ the me.'i, expressileitis kT'Vit plfOMire at iH'itm libit.' lo visit tJieir encampmi'iit—the firsi infantry camp that had iwen held in the Doiiiinkin umler the new schenie o( nnivrisiil training. He further expressed his apprcciwion of the rool work that had been done and of the willingness and good spirit displayed by all ranks, notwithstanding tin; bad weather and eoiuwiueut discomforts to which they had been subject. It was a very (rood augury for the future of the 4th' Otago Hoiiiment—the Dunedin battalion-that so much esprit do corps should already have been established and tlio regimental organisation already brought to such a high standard In fnrtlicr conversation tlio General said that he had Ikhiii purtioularly stntck with the Kildierly appearjuice of the men, who yore, dl of a very good stamp. AF>r aiiicliiiu; witJi tho oftlcers. lie went round all th« tents mid s;vw the men ;i.t their dinners, and ttilked to a good n»iny of tl.om, and in no insiaiico did he meet with anything in the naturo of a complaint. Indeed.* all exptxvsed thrensclves as thoroughly satisfied with the rations they were leoeiving and the manner ' in whidt thoir btxlily oomfort had iits-ti J provided for. General Goilley paid a triblit<: i to the useful work which hud been carried ; ! out by Mr Hughes, of the Y.M.C.A.. in ; tlie two timrnuecs which had been jilticed at : his disposal. ; That tile pll.vsitpie of Ihe men is good j and that tlioy mo tho better for their week j under canvas :s evideitc.vl by the fact that I it has been deeidwl that after csuup is .stittck i to-day lliey will bo marched into town by i the Halfway Bush route instead of coming i in by train. 'Uiey will probably arrive in | town about 5 o'clock, and will' match by ; way of Unpor York plaec lo Stuart ttreet, j tlirough the OctiLgon, alon;; Princes street ' to tho Bank of New Zoa'aml corner, and i thenoo down Loner High strew to 1 the Garrison. Hall, whore it is probable that his Worship tlio .Mayor (Mr W\ Jluino'ilj will address a few words to tlio men before their disper.saJ. Gcuer.ii Gcdley will go out ami meet the battalion, and see it on the .march. With regard to the scheme- as a whole, General Godlr> said that everything |>ointed to tho camps throughout t'ho Dominion being ptptally us biiccessiul as the present camp h;ul Ih-cii. The only other camp that had been so far held was the .ulillerv camp at Oringi, near Daiuievirke, of the Wellington, Napier, and Paimcrston North field I batteries, and ll:o Wellington linvjinwrs, and that alto hat't Ixen entirely suecwsftil. On Sunday Uineml Godley" will ivty a visit of inspection lo Alandevillc, wfierc Iho Dunedin bttlery and the Invercargill Iwttery will bo in camp, and he will leave lor the nori.il by the lirst express on Mon-

day to visit nn encampment Iran;,' held at Wliangaroi.