TRENTHAM CAMP.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19367, 25 July 1925, Page 4

TRENTHAM CAMP.

TERRITORIALS IN TRAINING. RETURNING HOME TO-DAY. The Wellington West Coast Regiment which has been in camp at Trentham. has had a very successful period of training. Work ended yesterday anti the boys return home this evening. The camp has been und<-r the charge of Lieut.-Colonel Cunningham, anil th--personnel comprised 20 officers and 545 other ranks. Alajor J. R. Cade, AI.C.. was second in command. Captain L. C. C. Wales, AI.C., Adjutant: Chaplain. Adjutant AValls, AI.C.. Salvation Army. The weather was exceptionally fine for this lime of year, and the camp arrangements. wore as good as one eouid possibly d.-s M-. Very little time was lost on account of wet weather. The Battalion Band, under Bandmaster Hon. Lieut. Trussell was in cauqu and their music provided an exceptionally cheery air to the life of the trainees. The now conductor of the Garrison Rand came out. with lie ; t Trussell, who met him at the boat. <<• see the camp. Being an old so’oiit r himself, of the A.1.F., he was very interested in the Regiment, and, nntu|rally, in the band. The whol? keynote of tra'nipe was inter-company competition, and it wa« [Wonderful the progress that ’’as mu-’e in every phase of training. The Rnt|talion made good nrogress a. l;i«t year’s training camp and the officiom-v gained has not. been lost. This year the battalion started where i; le f ; off last year and showed a Aegean nf cf , ficieney that, one hardly dans! to nope would bo in evidence. General Alob.illo. G.0.C., vis’tod tin* camp on Thursday and Friday and Col ionol Commandant Bowles alsn. On Friday, the last day in eamp. the troops were Io have the finals of the regimental competitions—drill, physical training, football, sports, etc., wi’ 1 , a grand concert in the oveninf*. The health of the men has been very good. No case of serious illness has been reported. Captain Kemp. AI.C., of Trentham was medical oHif*’. Last Sundav afternoon Iho band gave a concert in enmp. \ gre.it ».:any people from Trentham came to hear them, and about 46 guests partook of tea in the officers’ mess.