CITIZENS DEFENCE CORPS.
sdmner-redclif:s unit, j The Kiimivr-RrdrlifTs unit paraded nt j I.edi lill's yesterday monnng Thero was j a guild :i 11 «-ml;i nee. The work set down for the iTiuinin" wa;, mre'em-nt j by hnml signallin". The. Wav done in •men and r\i-emlrd '.ide)\ llu' -.HiiTi"-. iie-t rnri ni" binn;.- Captain A. ('.. Wit<un, S.nie'ani:-. .Uiddh-tnti and l'h'p-v nid C.rpnral C. Y ,„,.!. Drill Scr:..f'aiit. W A. Smifb. m-ene (hr> latrs... jll •- -1 ill y< j - as practised in Kitehctier'e, Army, then gave special in--Iruetinn in " Tbev to ta.k-i eover." Me demonslrntod how Llie bed. ie>nlt. might be. obtained jrnm the ground lliey wei'e usine.', t.nfi. in testing re-snlt-s, h<> found that the men, at a given signal, with e.nly die exception, were all invbthle to the officers, i,v\<i bnndred yards distant. After further praefiee the whole ef the men were able to take complete r-.yer. In the announcements for (he week the O.C. stated that tlm firing for the com]iefitions would finish on Monday ii io lit. There would be an A match with the Citv D.R.C on Wednesday at Sumner, and a B match at Lyftelton ou a, nirrht yet to bo fixed next wpek.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11479, 30 August 1915, Page 7
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197CITIZENS DEFENCE CORPS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 11479, 30 August 1915, Page 7
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