TROOPS ON MONOWAL AND MOERAKI.

Press, Volume L, Issue 15047, 15 August 1914, Page 10

TROOPS ON MONOWAL AND MOERAKI.

AN OFFICIAL INSPEXHIOK. ' ,^ ;

U'KESS ASSOCIATION TKUECSAM.) WELLINGTON, Augoet 14- ' „ An ofßcial viait of inspection was p«4 -' to the troopships Monowai and ,M<*>»*j ( this morning by the Prime Minister, accompanied by the Hone. Jae. AJkn, *• H ixßell and Heaton Rhodes, eaa'-y. General Godley and hie staff officers. Tho party went first to too Mouowa., on which is tho bulk of the force. Tho men were drawn up on dedcja full marching order, and were ly inspected. They are certainly » vorv line lot of young men, very »» on tho work ahead of them. Tho maw - . body of the force was drawnjrom t«» , sth (Wellington) Infantry j^S" 00 ??: ._ and was complete in erery detail, u£ — eluding a band. There la * strong ■ > ambulance section, and details ot »» other services necessary to an a [ ffl /J? - tho field. The equipmenti hae o b «wM» . ly been very carefully attended to. l«,, troops on the Monowai aro under Ueok- , v Col. Turner, of tho sth Regiment- ' Colonel Logan. Commander of "J v Force and the Headquarters Staff. *» „ on board the Moeraki, which also h« * : large number of troops, mostly engi Both ships have doctors and turee The accommodation for the nsen J * /t necessarily limited, and bunks he** „ been erected in orcry conceivable ?*»• - of the ships. All tho dining . . social halls, smoking rooms, and «w the upper portions of. tho e« di JSS.' , - boea fitted with sleeping accommo? B *. , tidn- v * r ~.