CAMP AT CAMBRIDGE

Waikato Independent, Volume XL, Issue 3762, 25 September 1940, Page 4

CAMP AT CAMBRIDGE

MEN FOR ADVANCE PARTY ARRIVAL ON FRIDAY The advance party for the camp of the Ist Battalion, 16th Waikato Regiment, at the Cambridge racecourse, will commence its activities on Friday and not today, as was-! first intimated.. Arrangements haVe to be made for ; 500 men who; willencamp on October 1. Later the number will be increased to 750. The tents will be erected inside of the course proper, about 130 being required. Lieutenant-Colonel E. M. Mackersey, the Commanding Officer of the unit, Will be Camp commandant, and Captain F. B. McWhannell, M.C., will be adjutant. Most of the officers and non-com-missioned officers of the unit have been attending a three-months' course at Narrow Neck, as a preliminary to the main camp. The Cambridge non-commissioned officers are expected home from Narrow Neck tomorrow. The advance party will consist of four officers and 72 men. Major S. E._ Senior, M.C., will be in charge of the preparations, and the other officers are Lieutenant C. A. Vass, Lieutenant W. S. Dingle and Second Lieutenant. K. E. Louden. The men ; from Cambridge who Will- join the advance party on Fri r day are:'Regimental Quartermaster--SergeantA. G. Stubbing, Corporal V. H. Skivington, Lance-Corporal R. McNeill, 'Privates A. Carter, A. Cubis, L> R. Petersen, I. Oaten, F. L. Buttimore and.G. R. Hpskin. Request toy. Cambridge People A request.has been made to the people of Cambridge for the loan of old furnishings and floor coverings for the officers'.,mess and the sergeantsV mess,.. The; camp is of a temporary nature] and the buildings that will? be used ;have concrete flo,orsf.c •; <-•■,..•.••• '■;■: . ":■■' Anything,in tjie way of carpets, o rugs or strips- of old linoleum ;will ••■ be .as well as easy chairs. Endeavours are being made also to secure pianos for the mess rooms. v It has been pointed out that the men of the camp will receive benefits from the regimental funds. Any person willing to lend anything,to the camp is asked to communicate with The Waikato Independent Office. The articles will be collected . „by the camp transport early next" week. TERRITORIAL PROMOTIONS ' The special course for officers, non-commissioned officers and prospective non-commissioned officers of * the Ist Battalion, 16th Waikato RegimentY will end at Narrow Neck tomorrow. Several promotions have been announced for efficiency shown durifl'g the course, those from Cambridge ibeirig as follows: Private W"*KJ." Maddock to be Corporal; Lance-Corporal R. W. Buttimore to be Corporal; Private M. G. Calvert to be Corporal; Private F. N. Harwbod to; be Corporal; Private J. P: Hanna to be Corporal; Private V. H. Skivington to be Corporal.