THE VOLUNTEERS.
The Easter Encampment. Arrangements have now been made by Lientenant-Colonel Gordon for a special train to leave Christchurch at 9.30 p.m. on Thursday to convey the men to the Easter encampment beyond Kaiapoi. The city volunteers will parade at the drillshed, and b 9 marched to the railway station for the purpose of entraining. The Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry and the Mounted Kiflea will proceed by road at an hour to be named , by their officers; and the guns of the E i and C Batteries of Artillery will also go i by road, leaving town at eight o'clock. ' The main body of the South Canterbury , corps will not arrive in camp until Friday ; morning. i A fatiguo party leave town this after--1 noon with the camp equipage, and the tents will be pitched tomorrow. Satisfactory arrangements have been made for the j supply of rations, and there is ample water on the spot. During their stay under canvflß the men will be exercised chiefly in field duty, including outpost and reconnoitring work, ; A special train ha 3 also been arranged ( for to leave Ashburton on Monday evening , after the arrival of the latest train, from ! Christchurch, in order to allow of the ■ South Canterbury contingent reaching their homes the same evening.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4904, 20 March 1894, Page 3
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213THE VOLUNTEERS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 4904, 20 March 1894, Page 3
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