VOLUNTEERING.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1428, 9 December 1886, Page 3

VOLUNTEERING.

Auckland, December 8. A large number of volunteer officers met Colonel Halley, President of the Board of Military »- dacstion at the drill abed to-night. Colonel bailey, said his object in asking them to meet him was to take the opportunity of explaining to them the system ot military examination, and give any information they m ght desire as to the examination ■ ffioens would have to undergo, the date of which was not yet fixed. This he did briefly. As the text books were not procurable iu the colony, he wished to draw their attention particularly to musketry instruction, which bad been placed under hia control, pad said that next year fu 1 Instruct one would be Issued as to the mode < f firing and scoring necessary to qualify for capitation. Government did not desire the mere raising of shooting in the colony, but general efficiency. Ho showed an illustration of a new target now in use in England, in which the round buh a eye gives place to the figure of a mar : This sto be irtrodueed here. He also stated that district prizes being abolished, the money would be given to companies who made the h'gheat aggregate firing throughout the colony. Several questions were put to Colonel Bailey, and answered, lo regard to (Captain Whitneys Auckland ammunition, he said he had bad a large amount of practical experience, and in his opinion it was fully equal to the best made in England.