CAMP STRUCK.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14659, 29 January 1912, Page 6

CAMP STRUCK.

CADET OFFICERS' DEFART. " I riv.:vot oxccc-d'ngly Uiai I have l>f'cn t<» nm!v-i svw •:.nrageir i en.ts H ::i la porni: nr Ybe orulc-fc clficers' camp nt Tinutru. "T 1 rust- Mi<v rr. r ui» Jinx b.rn nvvik :;'Kvr«p;-nl. ,> Th\> \f ro;.rf■;i• tc!>. ,";r:n> ! • *•*.! from Dmi- ( i in |>y t h;- firoi ; T. to Capl:\iu ,Sl;vc;!s, Oiji..vr covu'iiiirdirLg tho .I'l-i or <■>jj Si;lur.iii.v. C;!!r.j> \y;is struck on S'isViininv ar.d a, ""Herald reporter <:bt:ii*i«'d from Cno t:.m .>k*vons wine of j*■«? impro-sio/io the work's . .leamrnieiit. "1 a;u pro?'-rod to &a\\ -.vit\u»i?i"exnjicjeraii:n, iSi'H. i:. wa~ t-ho iv/st instructional CJJip ll r ';'l VO f:ir. _ V t I ' OV-'.U.c CT.77!jR tie i\)'j totalled i'mui ;J0 to -l'\ hut thu time it nunil'.' tvd T},o :n,.-urinous o-.-initvn is that tli."r<- } : ,i< never , t h>tt<-r c-n:»p. Kvr-ryl!,-•». l' amis <: !i'l"d on .strictly military l;i".\>— t.):»--re '.va.s n.-iriiiiv.: oi tho n i-hout '1 .lud-rinj: front' t!:o ' cfii«vrs ! :-;ay. it is almo.st ccrt::i:i th-;t a simi-

lar camn wijl bs held at Timaru again nrxfc year.'' As ill ui-.traTiris the amount ft iichh! done., Contain Stevens said that tfc<> drilling of Friday I'it vras excellentlont as compared* to that of tha first daysThere vrc-rc 05 men in citnp, between fcl'C nges of 20 and » : /J a Tvho gave up srven days of their minimi leave for the- camp, and no w\>re inade. From the gruy-hairod teacher retiring ago to ihe ycimg pro-h:-t'.oner all d:d the work, rising a'- reveille pl 5.30 a.m. and tutting in ri good day's drill. The majority of the orficers left for cither north or south on Saturday.