GREAT WAR VETERANS MARCH AGAIN

Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 16, 16 August 1940, Page 6

GREAT WAR VETERANS MARCH AGAIN

Wellington Parade NATIONAL MILITARY RESERVE

New Zealand veterans ot ’lie . LOIS war, again with the coloui nembers of the Wellington. Si Service Battalion of the Nations serve (Class II), marched on al ar route through Wellington from o their' headquarters at the W. Show buildings on Saturday a noon. Headed by the band of the Ist talion Wellington Regiment (Cit; Wellington’s Own) and .under command of Major L. . Cimino, ’ the column made a brave sight 111 winter sunshine as, with spruce, forms and shining equipment, the: swung along through lines of ap ciative onlookers. —• The battalion was first inspects its headquarters by. the officer c manding the Central Military Disti Colonel R. A. Row, D. 5.0., and. climax of the march was reached the Queen Victoria statue in 6 Terrace, where Colonel Row took salute. At this point there was a siderable gathering of spectator, ‘ the veterans were received witft tinuous applause. , Of the full battalion strength of officers and men, all returned sod more than 600 took part in the par this number including men 1 Hutt Valley, who 'train separate their own district. The battalion* prises a Headquarters Company, _ and C Rifle Companies, auda CJ Company, and this order was. , in the' formation of the column 0 half-way along its length the was broken by the Port M ‘ a yj ver Band, which assisted n ton Regiment Band in P™ viaiu “ ,ii music. The route fo j (t! John, Wallace; Taranaki, (f(i and Manners Streets, and Place to Kent Terrace and tn a wav of Dufferin Street, _ ■ Road and John Street tack » quarters: ~ , , It was obvious to all ' )]O [o 1 the march-that the men n ' rte fot • gotten their training of . 1 ?nl3 rk I century ago. They m* a ]beib ! and in excellent old > s jauntiness of their. earl J by thej - days was a little tempe £ • sage of time, J- 1 !*! 1 k e t o W-’rf • dent, and credit is dim men. t ' responsible, and to t a 1 selves, for the c . rea , u nf° rt s which, if need should '.we!l:. fit 4 arise, will be readj a j “jnitary j play a big part in a J . , a within the Dominion. J