VOLUNTEER NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 128, 25 June 1901, Page 2

VOLUNTEER NOTES.

(By Veteran.)

His Wowhip the May r got a wire ye3t< rday to say Troepar Lister was returning hy the Government train. Not expecting he would arrive t'll today no arrangements were made for his reception last night, when, to everybody's surprise, he arrived by the mail train, A reception, including the Band turning ou% had been arranged for to-night. An officer, who has bad some exp»rience in camp life sends the Post his views as to the encampment in Wellington in connection with' the Yorks'j reception :—" What se*ms to annoy I officers and men mi st of all is that thi-y j were left in the horrible mud hole doing absolutely nothing, and with no ordots for the day, while they might have bflen allowed to attend same of the ceremonies in town, either collective')' or iodividually. Most of them hud not seen the Duke and Duchess, and thty would hive all been glad to fife the presentation of medal*. There was a most bitter complaint that while the paid officers of the Government wer» having a go~d time in the city there was no one tt attend to the wants of the sunVers in th» " mud hde," and that tot cne of their officers had ev. n bean asked to any of the public functions in town. Miking every allowance for incuien'a l iversights, there is no doubt tint, the 850 men how compel at N'-wtown h ve been grossly ne fc >l.»cted. We do n>' thoroughly appri-cufr) our volunteer at home. We shou'd remenber that the fine men who h ive upheld t 1 e noble traditions of our nation in South Africa are nothing more or le-s <han « ssrar. le of these fine volunteers now in town, who can tuily say of the foimer, ' They come of our ljt; they were brotheis to us. They wer* bapgii-s w siw and kno>v.' The man who at th : ' time of the year comes out on a wellkept horse is a man who, htvicg given the me of hims'-lf and viluibe horse to his country, to siy nothing of tth necessary expense of k.oping a los and purch>sing good gear, is a mat* who daeerves well of his country, anl | should be shown that his self -s crifice is appreciated." A NdW Plymouth lad received n letter from his brother who is in the cadets, who siys they w.<ie lou'ly cheered as they marched th •< ugh Weiliiigtoa on airlv-1. The food w»s very bad at first, but is be - *er now, and they were g-ttiog saus ges. That all the New Plymouth lad< w> re well, an<l in go 3d form. O'ptain D.mps y «as in ch of all the cadets, and thu Ne* 1 Plymouth eadnts we.-e iu change if Vli Giay as Capta i>, and wire tankel as No. 1 cojopmy.