THE VOLUNTEERS.
FIBST>CANTERBUB,Y BATHAUOIT. A Government parade-of the First Canterbury Battalion was held yesterdayevening. Major Joyce was in command, . Colonel ToHswill having telegraphed that storms prevented him. from coming to town from Kirwee. Major Francis and Lieutenant Day, Acting Adjutants, were J present. • " ' . The following was the strength^)! the i various Companies : — A— City Guards, Captain Bishop ... ... »42 • B— College Bifles, Lieutenant Haunter.... ..,-32 C — Chxistcharoti Eifles, Lieutenant Reynolds 50 D— Sydenbam Bifles. lieutenant Hobday ... 29 B — Scottish Kiflas, Captain Campbell >v ... Si P—EiehmondEifles, Captain Bo wron. _ ... 45 G—lrißaKifleß, Captain LoDgtoey M , M 36 ! Total of Battalion .„ ... 288 Garrison Band, Bandmaster Searell ... w a Total on parade... ... „. 310 The Battalion paraded on the drillahed ground, where it was put through bayonet exercise and a few movements. It then marched down Montreal street to tH« South Belt, where the men went through the manual and firing exercise, after which. the Battalion was marched through the town to the dxillshed, and dismissed. The work was creditably done. The marching was steady, but a reprehensible tendency to talking in the ranks was occasionally noticeable. .
THE VOLUNTEERS.
Star (Christchurch), Issue 6401, 21 November 1888, Page 3
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