VOLUNTEERS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12254, 13 May 1903, Page 5

VOLUNTEERS.

The Rifles,, Guards, and Battalion Band' paraded in "the Drill Hall on TuesdaY evening. Considering the state of the weather there was a fair irtuster of "the .Guards and moderate of Rifled and Band. .Captain, Taimton took the nien in hand and exercised them in a few elementary movements in' the revised " hew drill" whvih it is anticipated will be fn operation before long-. 'lt <is an adaptation of jnonniied" infantry- drill, and there should be rib 'difficulty of picking it Up.; w,' './ i: : ■ 'Afterwards .., Lieutenant' MesHenget put the combined companies t}«i:ough a portion of the physical drill, with riius ie, the . efFect , being ■, very, pleasi ng. ;. : '. ./' camp Lieut. Mpiyison is officer of the day. In sipiie of the wet the troopers are all cqmlor'tably housed In the gra/idstand. Xhe horses' are nearly all under cover, ih6ugh r some aie feeding the wet. * ' Tho Jockey Club have krndly lent the kitchen . of the grandstand which has been turned into a drying room . for clothes of all kinds. Bugler Bennett, whose horse fell with him while jitmping. i.« still in -the camip hospital and progressing favorably, arid will be abo,ut again in a few days. Owing to the wet weather the committee of the- Hawera Mounted Rifles | met -this morning ami decided not to> hold their military tournament. This was necessary owi njr to the state of the racecourse. In orVler.to defray the, expenses incurred!- a social and dance, will/ be 'he\i\- on 'Thursday . croning . , i * Several w_ the -. leading . yocali»ts{ in, sNew Plymotith h&?£ ,T>romised v to a'f^ist/,in.' ad<lition to the member.-; of .the ' MountWl Rifled, tt is hoped inajb, thpre will ho a good, attendance. The mupic/arid refreshments are in the hanSels of a ft song com{mittec,' and the floor -will be specially prepared by the troopers. The admission has Hoen UsecV ai m^fi 2/ ' ladies '!/.' '