THE PRESS CONFERENCE. I

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13930, 14 June 1909, Page 2

THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

sPUUT OF IMPERIAL UNITY. AItTILLKUY IH'KL AT ALDERHI lOT. Hy Elortnr Tdo^raph.— (.'op>n<jht. LONDON, June 12. Foreign officers competing at Olymiiii accompanied the press delegates to Xldersliot. r J hey were stationed on a ,pur of Longmoor Hill, whence they a atched 7000 troops, under Mljorieneral Gnerson, defending Tunnell kill against Major-General Stephen>on with 10,000 men. An artillery luel, infantry rushes, cavalry charges and fighting in ritle pits were included in the display. ; Four hundred lunched in a> marquee dii Empress Hill. No speeches were made. , , Captain Smith-Dorrien afterwards paraded a brigade of artillery on war strength, with a view to emphasising the necessity for large reserves ot horses. A special force, representing all branches of the service, marched 1< The delegates inspected the camp, and afterwards had a meeting at the Officers 1 Club.