Our Volunteers.

Otago Witness, Issue 1418, 25 January 1879, Page 20

Our Volunteers.

0 A battalion parade was held last week, at which a total of 372 Volunteers urero present. The men having fal en in, and been inspected by the respectrvecomrjandinsf officers, vero marched as far as thaSouthern becreation-uround and back again to the Drill-she -', bands accompanying them. The following was the strength of the varioui companies present : Artillery.— l captain, 1 lieutenant, 1 sub-lieutenant 1 ser 4 e'*nt major, 3 sergeants, 60 yunnera. Total, 67, No. 1 City Guards.— l lieuteDarif, 1 sub-lieutenant, 3 sergeants, 33 rank and fre. Total, 38. No. I Cadets.—! sub-lieutenant, 24 rank and fileTotal, 25. Noith Dunedin Bifles.— l lieutenant, 1 sub-lieu-tenant, 3 sergeauts, 1 buglar, 23 rank and fllo. Total. 22. Wakari Rifles.— l captain, 2 lieutenants, 1 Bub* ; lieutenant, 4 sergeants, 2 buglars, 29 rank and file. Total, 39. Naval -Brigade.— l captain, 1 lieutenant, 1 sublieutenant, 5 petty officers, 1 biular, 46 gunners. Total, 64. ' * Naval Cadets.— l lieutenant, 1 sub-lieutenant, S petty officers, 40 rank and file. Total, 47. Naval Cadets Band.— Total, 18. City Guards Band.— l bandmaster, 1 sergeant, 15 < mtn. Totil, 17. Head-quartets] Band,— l bandmaster, 1 sergeant. IE • men. Total, 17. Staff.— Lieutenant-Colonel Stavely, Major Wales, Sergeants Harrison and Paxton. PBKBBNTATIOK OF ASSOCIATION PRIZES. The companies having been drawn up in the drillshed, Lieut -Colonel Stavbly asked the prize-takers at the recent association mooting to stand forward, when those of them present did so. The Likut-Coloxbl, before proceeding to hand over the prizes, expressed the pleasure he folt in performing the duty, a pleasure enhanced from the fact thatthe shooting had been of such a high class character ; in fact, he coubted if it had been excelled all round* not only in the Colony, but in the world.— (Cheers. JHe then presented the prizes to the respective prizetakers. As well-known successful shots came forward the applause was very great. The prizes have already been detailed in our columns ; they consisted of cups, clocks, watches, plate, pictur.es, &c., and were arranged upon a table at ono end of the hall. It may be mentioned that Mr Mtson'a cup, won by Lieutenant D Reid, of Milton, .becomes his property^ having been won tho, requisite number of times successively. ' _ ' " • TLe Ladies' Shield was handed over, amidst loud ap»pl^une, 10 tho- City Guards Company, who have won it twict) out of tbu tlitve times it lisa been competed for ; and to each of the five men who comprised the Compani 's representative team, a silver cup was. presented as an extra prize. To Staff-sergeant JPoUtton a silver match-box was presented, in recognition of the attention and carefulness bhown by him in marking during the meeting. Thi> men were then dismissed. ' ' PORTOBELLO BfIFLES. The following are the seven highest scorers in tbA twelfth competition for Mr Hislop's cup : — "•■

rol 0 M'Cartney lieutJKetr folPltyan iergt J G Lewis . . 761 A Lewis . . ' Tol W Ge&ry .. fol W tt M'C«tney 18 20 16 13 16 19 15 17 13 17 17 10 14 IB 16 — 64 18 — 62 15 — 60 18 — 48. 17 — 47 17 — 44 9 — 3*