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APPENDIX B

NEW ZEALAND MILITARY FORCES.—CAMPS, 1915.

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2 Units. Camp. Date. J Men. Camp-site, how obtained. O (a.) Unit Camps. Auckland Military District. {(a.) Te Papapa " f Lent by Onehunga Borough Oounoil subject to compensating for grazingyMay 3-15 .. .50 418 < rights. Compensation, £7. (6.) Auckland Lent by Auckland City Council. Domain J 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles, A, B, and Kiwitahi .. April 19-May I 20 206 Loaned by Lieutenant.I. B. Starkey. C Squadrons and Machine-gun Section 4 th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles, D and E Tauranga .. Mar. 13-25 .. II i)2 Tauranga Showgrounds. Rent, £1 I Or. Squadrons 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles .. Whangarci .. Mar. 1-12 .. j 14 296 The Government paid £150 subsidy in 1915 on condition of having Kensington Park Racecourse. A Battery, N.Z. Field Artillery .. Takapuna .. April 19-27 .. 6 84 Government property. G Battery, N.Z. Field Artillery .. Hamilton .. April 6-18 ..7 49 Loaned by J. W. Madill, Esq. Garrison Artillery Division* .. .. Forts .. 4/8/14-26/3/15 — 382 Government property. No. 3 Field Company, Engineers .. Ngaruawahia .. April 6-17 .. 8 123 Loaned by Messrs. Paterson and Paterson. Mounted Signal Troop .. .. Hautapu .. May 3-19 .. I 25 Loaned by Mr. Ruru, Hautapu. Divisional Signal Company .. .. Ngaruawahia.. April 6-17 .. 2 69 Loaned by Messrs. Paterson and Paterson. 3rd (Auckland) Regiment .. .. Otahuhu . . Mar. 22-30 .. 22 561 Loaned by Messrs. Gill and Andrews. Coast Defence Detachment, 3rd (Auck- Brown's Bay.. Mar. 1-13 .. 18 343 Loaned by P. Brown, Esq. land) Regiment 6th (Hauraki) Regiment .. .. Paeroa .. April 6-17 .. 27 502 Loaned by Mr. Goonan. J 5th (North Auckland) Regiment .. Ruatangata .. Mar. 13-23 .. 15 469 Rented, £8. 16th (Waikato) Regiment .. .. ; Hamilton .. April 19-27 .. 20 538 Waikato Showgrounds. Rent, £15. No. 2 Company, Army Service Corps .. Otahuhu .. Mar. 18-30 .. ! 3 23 Arranged for by the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment. No. 2 Company, A.S.C. (1 Section) .. Ruatangata .. Mar. 2-13 .. i 1 6 Arranged for by 15th (N.A.) Regiment. No. 2 Company, A.S.C. (1 Section) .. „ .. Mar. 5-18 .. I 3 Arranged for by 15th (N.A.) Regiment. No. 2 Company, A.S.C. (1 Section) .. j „ .. Mar. 15-23 .. I 5 Arranged for by 15th (N.A.) Regiment. No. 5 Company, A.S.C. (I Section) .. Whangarei .. Fob. 20-28 .. I 9 Arranged for by 1.1 th (N.A.) Regiment. No. 5 Company, A.S.C. (1 Section) .. „ .. Fob. 27-Mar. 7 I 9 Arranged for by 11th (N.A.) Regiment. No. 5 Company, A.S.C. (I Section) .. „ .. Mar. 6-14 .. 1 9 Arranged for by 11th (N.A.) Regiment. No. 5 Company, A.S.C. (I Section) .. Brown's Bay .. Feb. 27-Mar. 7 I 6 Arranged by Coast Defence Detachment. No. 5 Company, A.S.C. (1 Section) .. „ .. Mar. 6-14 .. 1 6 Arranged by Coast Defence Detachment. No. 5 Mountod Field Ambulance .. Morrinsville .. April 19-27 .. 2 22 Arranged by 4th (Waikato) M.R. No. 5 Mounted Field Ambulance, B See- Kensington .. Mar. 1-12 .. I 17 Arranged by 11 th (N.A.) Mounted Rifles. tion No. I Field Ambulance .. .. Otahuhu .. Mar. 22-30 .. 2 90 Arranged by 3rd (Auckland) Regiment. ,50 20 II 14 6 7 :s I 2 22 18 27 15 20 3 I Total .. .. .. .. ... 232 4,362 Canterbury Military District. 1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Waipara .. Mar. 27-April 8 II 312 Loaned by Glenmark Estate. Cavalry) 8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Ri lies Waimate .. Mar. 25-April 6 8 300 Loaned by Waimate Domain Board 10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles.. (Tapawera .. April 9-24 ) t Loaned by G. MacMahon, Esq. v ' ( Kaikoura .. Apnl27-May 12, f (Loaned by E. Parsons, Esq. E Battery, N.Z. Field Artillery .. Rangiora .. Mar. 22-30 . . 2 87 Loaned by Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Association. H Battery, N.Z. Field Artillery .. Tapawera .. April 12-24 .. 4 76 Loaned by George MaoMahon, Esq. No. 4 Company, N.Z. Garrison Artillery* Fort Jervois .. 14/8/14-26/3/15 4 102 Government property. No. 8 Company, N.Z. Garrison Artillery* Westport .. 4/8/14-26/3/15 3 89 I Westport Harbour Board. No. I Field Company, N.Z. Engineers .. Tai Tapu .. 29/3/15-9/4/15 5 150 Loaned by Captain R. McCartney. Canterbury Mounted Signal Troop .. Waimate .. Mar. 25-April 6 I 18 Loaned by Waimate Domain Board. No. 2 Divisional Signal Company (Head- Kaituna .. April 1-9 .. 3 43 j Loaned by J. Parkinson, Esq. quarters and No. 2 Section) 1 st (Canterbury) Regiment .. .. Balcaim .. Feb. 26-Mar. 6 18 471 Loaned by J. Fleming, Esq. I st (Canterbury) Regiment, ('oast De- j „ .. Feb. 26-Mar. 6 ~] f Loaned by J. Fleming, Esq. fence Detachment (_ ( . ,,5 J 1st (Canterbury) Regiment, Coast De- Lyttelton .. 4/8/14-26/3/15 f ] Government property. fence Detachment J [_ 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment . .. Orari .. Mar. 9-20 .. II 586 Loaned by — MacDonald, Esq. 12th (Nelson) Regiment .. .. Tapawera .. 1 Mar. 29-April 10 13 577 Loaned, by George MacMahon, Esq. 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Totara Flat .. Mar. 8-20 .. 9 641 Luaned by — Beggs, Esq. Regiment 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) f Westport .. 4/8/14-26/3/15 "1 | Harbour Board and Government proRegiment, Coast Defence Detachment *[ TotaraWat .. 8/3/15-20/3/15 j \Loaned by -Beggs, Esq. No. 8 Held Ambulance .. .. New Brighton Mar. 5-13 ... 3 151 Loaned by New Brighton Trotting Club. No. 6 Mounted Field Ambulance .. „ .. Mar. 5-13 .. 4 72 Loaned by New Brighton Trotting Club, No. 7 N.Z. Army Service Corps .. Balcairn .. Feb. 22-Mar. 9 I 20 ! Loaned by Kowai Road Board. No. 9 N.Z. Army Service Corps .. „' :. Feb. 22-Mar. 9 2 Ii5 Loaned by Kowai Road Board. 1 j 3 4 i 2 Total ,, ,. .. .. .. 128 4,344 128 _—1 * See footnote at end. oi Appeudis A, x A,