THE BATTLE OF BULLION.

Wanganui Herald, Volume L, Issue 14743, 23 October 1915, Page 8

THE BATTLE OF BULLION.

GREAT FIGHt FOR HILL £$0,000; OBJECT—TO RAISE FUNDS FOR PATRIOTIC PURPOSES. ‘ OFFICIAL PLAN OP CAMPAIGN. the FORCES, r, / The FIGHTII4Q Arp)ies—The VEOrking organisation grodped in iea dr regiments, each with-a <»relullj- seieefed organlsing-execiiUve; The SCORING Armies.—The. ariaies rcbiesentdd by tjSe mdnfiV paid i?- " by fhe rlyal Fighting Armies, in iiecbfdanQe with a definite scale of value.as under;:— .■ [ 200 Priyatefi at 1/- each. £lO Jfi Lance-Corporals at £ 1 1 fi . 10 Corporals at £2[ .. . . 20 8 Sergeants at £5 , .. 40 1 Q.M. Sergt. at £lO .. 10 2 Lieutenants at £2O . . 40 1 Captain, at £64 ... .. 01 ' £2OO The above is the constitution of a Company. Four Companies cpnsti-’ rate a Regiment (£800.),.f0r .which in addition there must be provided one-Major (£75-),. and one Colonel (£125), making the value of ,a complete Regiment £IOOO METHOD OP FIGHTING—TO BUILD UP SCORING - ARMIES. ; The organising executive commences recruiting, and every man and woman ’ enlisted becomes a member of the Fighting Army, and wijl. be expected to carry on the Work- The ■ enlistment fee is la., In return for which the person enlisted' will be entitled to a ticket In th.e Grand Art Union. If a person chooties to give a larger'hum if does npt ■ affect In proportion the strength of thT Flghtlnjg Army, but it 'ddes affect the strength' of the Scoring Army, in , which every shilling counts as a soldier. Rpjigbly speaking, £lO adds 200 men to'the strength of the Army for whpw benefit the amount is paid in at The , fixed basis of one, shilling per . soldier is governed by the fact tbst every company and every regiment must be provld ?d with the stlpulated number of officers. Thus, while the first tfO paid.in on behalf of any particular army would count for ,200 men .(the number required for a Company,) , ; the. next £l6 would provide the lance-corporals, the next £2O would a(W the ten corporals, the next; £4-0 the eight sergeants, end so on till the company had been fully constituted. The same process applies ip the case of a Regiment, and. of every additional Company and Regiment. The necessary' adju|ttnebt[ of. officers win be fishde --by" the' - secret Service Offlcqr in charge of .the Records. All the executive of ■ the Fighting Army has to do is to pay in the mbney to the Secretary of ■War. The Secret Service Officer wilt baud' up the Scoring Amy IB accordance ■ with - the allocation,, subject to conditions .■■, governing ('a#ualties. ~ . ; f yf ■ The, Fighting Army whffeh can shdw the lafvest Scoring Army at the conclusion of the campaign will be adiudged the winner of Hill £5A> 000. • CASUALTIES. Preliminary organisation must he , completed by Ist [November,, on whicn date campaign recruiting will commence. To, commence with ' each. Fighting Army entering the Acid will be credited with a See - ing Army of tWo Regiments (1600 men, . and ‘officers), to provide against easußltlqe; in. ,the, earlier itageg of ber 15 the order to coinmepce firing,will be given. the pbßitionß of the rival anhies, the. Hill will be shown,' and it wiJW. thereafter be competent for any Army tp bombard ita rivala Here, again, every shilling will represent a soldlef,. and the armies fired at will be cut down by the Secret Sendee Officer on the same principle upon which they are b.uiJt up. A Commanding Officer having, say. £IOO to pay In.way elect to allocate £SO to strengthening •hls own army and £SO to one or more of hfs. riValh; To Induce-strenuoua and unceasing competition, a .daily prize will, be provided. This will take the form of a thousand scoring men, or r In other words.' the addition of 1000 to the top score. - .; , ‘ , As a precaution against shirking Or undue hanging back, .there shall alsjpbe a- substantial secret bonus . percentage {.equivalentTb So many men for every pound fixed), and , credited to the Army responsible for the firing. That is, assuming a Commander flrek £SO at a rival army, he not only reduces that Army to the equivalent, of 1000 men, but he increases his, own strength to the extent of the bonua. The Army which proves successful in -amassing the. largest amount of money will hdve the best, chance of winning: the Great Fight, Cor Htlj £50,00u, hut lLis pogslblC for any., one or the other, armies, though having less money to its to secure the victor "by good generalship. ; [ * , Win or lose, every army • will' receive credit, for the fuH amount of monkey raised by it. qMnbral. Evr. / army cess,, and the Princess of the victorious army ahaß, be .the central .. figure In the grand final*. Ev«nfMriSit;-,Fm i be - at liberty to procure (money) by any t honourable .means, Jim Red “ only ,hy the capadlfy;; ttigefijfity and . enefire and members. EveryfArmy lb® at: liberty, to sen,honorary commissions, Each diS- ■ ua#ve^^"Kndmiwr K ?ia apThere ehhH-vbft, ,an[vA|BMikl, /or thg

supply of munitions—books of art union tickets, e.t.c. The decision of the Headquarters Executive on any matter in dispute shall be accepted, as final. At the conclusion of the’ campaign tltere shall he available to every commander ..a complete / official 'record shoeing ,(1) all hiohies' paid in ; the allocation, of such monies, whe ; therTor,army’ building or Casualties; (B)' the caatialties , debited against hiinj and the’rival armies to which those; casualties are- credited; -(41. - n sl jn cafiva.ty bonuses, - (/>). the pcteHionmf hfe army in the cqutest. ■■ •■'-S - Nose.—All. .tlie necessary book-keep-ing apd adjustments wiU be‘attended. t0.% the 'Secret,-Service ©idee. All .the commanding officers, or executive. of, ah army brill b'- required to ch> will be; to exercise diswotksi in the aUp^tioh,'dl;hia. ammunition, < - i.e., in building up ; his own army or weakening hfi rivals. The rank and file will be concerned' ohly -witii money-raising,' ■Popular interest will centre’ im the achievcuVents of the rival, arhiies, biit. the conduct, of tho ; campaign itself will occasion no wo- ' fusion in the phblic mind. - ’ ' ’