VOLUNTEERING.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XII, Issue 2064, 27 May 1905, Page 4

VOLUNTEERING.

AN I’M PORTA NT PROPOSAL

We arc indebted to Captain Bolton for a communication of which the following is a copy : —N w Z aland Defence Forces, District Office, Wellington. 2*th May, IC*''' The Officer Commanding Hide Volunteers The following circular has been reewvcd from headquarters Plea < rep .rt as soon as possible Circular memo No 21, JP'to Pleat • -port from officer-commanding corps as to how many men <i.-strict would be likely to re-etigag- under the foil -wing condit :o- - Yra-n-ng to he for twelve whoh- da > (not including Sundays!, fr 1 “L each man would receive ajs - - • payment at the rate of £lO fc ** ‘ ,, r«, and €7 IB* for n<-•-e officers, and £1 for at.ki. In addition to the -b- *•-. e *p*. wonld receive an annual a" of 80s per man for oh-* 1 ■ r;d contingences. and al 1 while in camp of Is perm- -j- lay. and Is *>d per horse per day for rations and forage. The -'amp- *o be held at such p-rind- -- r- -t convenient to individual eo-p-W. H. Webb. Colonel, Commanding the P . A copy of the same circular was also received by Capta'n T of the Pahiatna Rifles, f- -a r-’ad-quartcra, and read hy him *- the members of the corps at pa-ode last. He spoke of the prop-'*a, as being an excellent one. and asked j members to let him know as soon as possible if they were willing to reengage on the conditions mentioned in the eircnlar, so that he eon 1J apprise headquarters aoo .-d-ngly. Captain Toss-will also stated *hat he had been reqnested to take over the command of tho Pahiatna Cadets, as had been done in some places. He spike of the necessity -f encouraging the cadets as fr -n their ranks thi volnr.teors of the fntnre wonld come. They wonld. 1 wever, have to make themselves thoroughly amendable to discipline under the j new conditions. He wonld. how- | ever, consult his brother 'Ulcers, before taking notion in the v.-ittor. Captain Toss will also „; t -d that a tender had been accepted for the erection of portion of the dr : ll shod. \ meeting is to he held in Captain Tosswill’s office on Tuesday evening next to consider the quest-on of completing the erection of -hi drillshod.

In another eolnmn t'aptnn Bolton of the Pahiatna Mounted T'fles. adx-ertises for reernits in connection with the eircnlar lie has received from lieadqn->rters.