TAKAPAU CAMP.

Waikato Times, Issue 12860, 6 May 1914, Page 4

TAKAPAU CAMP.

i-1 j GENERAL SIR lAN HAMILTON'S 'I I INSPECTION. V _ 'i MEN BIDE SIM.KXDIDLV. ,| PER I'KKss ASSoriATIOX. h TAKAPAI". Wednesday. e Ceiieral Sir lan liamilton. aecoinpao Hied by ins stall and the Hulls. Bell and a Allen, ins; eeled the camp in glorious y v , atlier. The (.'ciieial arrived at L'.-'IU, a and during the alteinooii inspected the e niachiiie-gii'is tiring ball cartridge. He n watched the niountcds in allien, adso e the infantry and artillery brigades. e I'Yoin a sjiectacidar point ol view the 0 piocei-dings were not pa it icilla ll\ striking, but Ironi a soldier's point ol view e tiny were most inteiesting. The Llelier ral took a keen interest in the doings 1 of all the troop«.. asking ipiestioiis of - officers and complimenting them on s the work. In an interview ,he said that the men who had come under his notice - were a very t'lie -tamp. The mounted I men could ride splendidly. The only thing ; that struck, him was that the horses I were pretty (heap, and the men were ■ inclined to get to the bottom of them - pietty ijiiicklv. In the regiment he had ■ seen at dnnawa; i. the Mounted Kifles s were more in numbers and leiiiaikably s well net.mted. He also express,,! him- « self as pleased with the general oigan--1 isation of the camp. I'lider the im- - proved weather conditions the work is i steadily progressing. 1 . i TO-DA s"S PROCEEDINGS. I , TAKAPAI". Wednesday. I'im weather again favors the divi- . sioiial tiaiiiiiigcamp. The dav is being ■ devoted to tactical exercise, in which 1 practically all tile troops are in action, the scheme of operations being to lest plincipally the efficiency of the control of the officers of the various commands.. Generals Hamilton and (mmHey and stalls are present. A patient suffeiing from diphtheria has been sent tn the Waipukuiaii Hos'pital. The disease was apparently not contracted in camp. The general health of the men is splendid. The majority seem to be thoroughly satisfied with their lot as soldiers.