ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 427, 9 February 1909, Page 7

ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS.

v BATTERY. : ■ -S; ; ."X'l'ired i :bV>the ; ;!achieVcments of -their' rivals. >. ; : ' : '- «« -Wellington, the,'!B" Bat. ■ : ';;ft;:-i :t W'Of,fifeld artillery volunteers at'Dunedin the . r.v ; : .jthor day; established -a'- record in turning out ■-! :f.i:-fully, horsed and equipped in 2min; 50sec. from •'. V-.'" 1 ""•■■ther.wutfding: of.vthe The -previous ■ :v^^est f vTvas'; ; by,:D turned, out in' •'■. l^-^'/-''''\v™jn:^;USeo.'-:-\ really '■'''■'** •■SS**. S .' ; hardly ?be ■:■ the '■ layman: test -of :harnessing : .GO 'O- ' -■'•:■■■ R o, |*, s »iiWKing-.th'em''np::in teams to'. tae guns, ;....■,;.;,: umbering \ up.j. the ..'vehicles,-, urranging .stores. ■; ■>?£?■ :.9} on nnngctfie^gunners,';:and- : moving off, 'all , ;; : amounted. i-Itmustvbe admitted that the .-::;.. field-artillery,.volunteer is able. >~/);■.vr? i * old ' h, , 3 ,\own.: with gunners.:in other parts -',';:'.-:-:.-.-:-:.o|st]!iß,wDrld.- ; ;-.-:.>--"--. -\;^.v^ .--.•.--. ,-:,. .-•■. .••. * ■■~. shooting..'battery.- in the annual S -';-;,v'-JwSs-nring^at Hampden:the other day. Of the .w. .0', > three-fieldAbatteries that have fired. Sb far, two v.-.-. :^> - ; nare>.classified as first-r-E and D Batteries. fi&- *i a i 'iZf ? r; i °?!y i : d ? e^ t tery : in.'•:the dominion Battery,;Dunedin" : : : ■-■•• %'::idfi'M Jhistre has; also -been added to the' re- ; :b v*'v- ; s?^S'? 0 V f t v th - 9 S ast ? efence: artillerymen.. At ~;-S :v r- Aticltlandvthe; other: day, No. 1. Company of :•■■; .:,..? Garrison .Artillery;, Volunteers 'scored 33 hits : the. , 6in.-'.b.lv''guns,'' I «^.firinr'at;;ipooyds:;'range ; .,Our own correW : -' : : 'f' ? e »^ nr l s 'i hft ' : 'the :figure.'of merit awarded :-'/.' word than those obtained, by ! ;.; ;^y:;:. I :the?l'etpne>or JDunedin ;Navals, which' last year ■; in garrison artil- ■&*!■&: WiP°s&'-. Un " last two years the J -. > vv; A .HWJ?A-,6arrison,-ArWlery were always con- .-: V V;-Sidferably;,behind .their, southern competitors :-:■ :..-;„; 6*id : they 'are to be. congratulated upon beatin? ,-;;;.:,. the repords.of.the orack companies of last year