NAVAL RESERVISTS.
ANNUAL DRILL.
AUCKLAND";- May 13.
The drilling of the local Royal' Nava! Reservists on Board H.M.S. Pioneer at the Queen street wharf has attracted the curiosity of a large number of people. The Pioneer has been in port, .for. nearly a week, and every day the reservists, are put through gun and rifle drill and iravy seamanship. The reservists, who, must* follow a ' seafaring life, are called upon for drill every year — seamen for a month and firemen for a fortnight. They receive a remuneration of. £8 per aruium and a sh'ghtly increased pay when they have qualified for " trained men." The complement of the Pioneer is' largely composed- of New ZeaJanders, no less than 120 out of the 200 on board belonging to this Dominion. The Pioneer will complete Hhe drilling of reservists in about three; ; weekV time. She will leave Auckland on June 7, and will spend the next three or four weeks cruising about, the gulf. She is expected to reach Wellington on June 30, and will stay at the southern port throughout July, drilling leservists there.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2879, 19 May 1909, Page 33
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182NAVAL RESERVISTS. Otago Witness, Issue 2879, 19 May 1909, Page 33
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