MILITARY PARADE

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21034, 9 February 1940, Page 4

MILITARY PARADE

APPEAL FOR RECRUITS CEREMONY IN HAMILTON ARRANGEMENTS FOR TO-NIGHT

One of the largest military parades in Hamilton for some time is expected to assemble to-night when impetus will be given to the recruiting campaign in the district. Three bands, the Waikato Regimental and Hamilton Municipal, the Hamilton Citizens*, and the Hamilton

Caledonian, will parade with members of the National Military Reserve. detachments from the terri-. torials. and cadets of the Hamilton High School and Hamilton Technical School campanies. The parade will leave the Drill Hail at 7.30. and will follow a route along Victoria Street to London Street and back to tno Drill Hall. A van with loud-speakers will accompany the parade, from which an appeal for recruits will be made by official speakers. More Than Required Recruiting sergeants will be stationed at each side of Garden Place, on the Victoria Street frontage, and will be in possession of full particulars to enlighten prospective re- j cruits as to the correct procedure to 1 adopt to enlist. All suitable forms j will be available on the tables. The No. 4 area’s quota for the third echelon, exclusive of officers and non-commissioned officers, who are already in camp, is 375 men. As , only about 140 are available, a con- j siderably brisker rate of recruiting is I essential. MEN FOR CAMP NUMBER MISS PARADE - FAREWELL BY MAYOR Another party of recruits from the ! No. 4 (Hamilton) area for the Second j New Zealand Expeditionary Force ; entrained for camp to-day and were j farewelled by the Mayor of Hamilton, | Mr H. D. Caro, at tiie Drill Hall be- ; fore marching through the town. Although 25 men were called up to join the second echelon of the sth ; Field Battery at Hopu Hopu Camp only 13 men answered the roll-call and paraded. The full complement of 12 men for the Coastal Defence Batteries appeared. In wishing the men a happy time j in camp and a safe return to New Zealand, Mr Caro congratulated them on their patriotic spirit in joining the army voluntarily. He thought that when they had settled down they would enjoy camp ilfe. The biggest hurdle was the break from civilian life to that of a soldier. Headed by the Waikato Regimental and Hamilton Municipal Band, the men paraded through the streets, i where large crowds applauded them. . A crowd at the railway station also gave them an enthusiastic farewell. Names of Recruits Those joining the sth Field Battery at Hopu Hopu were: R. M. Steel, B. Cameron, J. M. Cardo3 r , T. J. Chard, R. A. Cooper, B. S. Goode, R. ; J. Harris, W. E. Leslie. M. Mooney, D. McKenzie, R. T. Newcombe, C. D. Scott, W. B. Sherry. The recruits for the coastal defence batteries, to replace those who j have joined the Second New Zealand j Expeditions *y Force were: N. J. Gilmore, N. J. Pcacocke, I. H. Kidd, K. Fenson, D. J. Wells, W. L. Couper, J. Morrell, K. C. Wells, D. L. J. Moroney, R. W. Steere, H. Barnsdale and J. Grey.