THE VOLUNTEERS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 597, 27 August 1909, Page 6

THE VOLUNTEERS

' : - ■ . .COLLEGE. RIFLES. ;' ; .V. ' Thorewas'anexcellent ;muster.. of; the College Rifles on Tuesday evening last at ! the Garrison Hall,- there- being; 45. on parades under: Captain Turner. -Advantage being taken of a fine night, the oorapajiy was marched tq- the Nairn Street Reserje, where a--.'number. :qf-oompariy;;move-ments were,-gone through--under.. Lieutenant Hutchen.. A team;,is- now .in, training for- t]je Palmerston -North Tournament, and it is expected that the corps -will bo represented :in all. the infantry, events,. including*:semaphore signalling, , ;.company is 'now . recruiting strongly, and should soon bo up to fullstrongth.

NON-COMMISSIONED, OFFICERS' CLUB,' On Wednesday evening last Colonel Purdy (Director of Medical Services) delivered a lecture to. the members of the Wellington Garrison Non-Coramissioned Officers' Club, "on the subjeot of "Sanitation; as applied to Troops in the Field Yor Camp." The lecturer dealt-with all matters concerning' the healthof, troops, and in'exhorting. N.C.O's. to ; U9e their influence -in insuring proper 1 sanitation in camp, Colonel Piirdy assured his hearers that'by: far the greater proportion of _ sickness' in 'troops was duetto improper "sanitary-arrangements. Valuable'information was also given in ."First Aid"—how to'stop bleeding, and the most sim : pie manner, of; restoring, breathing - to 1 an apparently drowned man'.' Colonel Purdy was listened to most attentively by, a • good .-audience,' and at the conclusion rtf his address was accorded a hearty vote, of thanks. • . An effort is to be : roode to arrange,fpr similar lecture.; toWgiyen to the rank and file, as: tho -information to be gained-therefrom is of gredt value bof.h'-'iri military and civilian life. ' TKe n6xt'- lccturo will.- bo delivered; by C'aptain' DuigaH, oit Monday" evening- iiext, '4n th« 'subject" of' "Field ' Fortificatiottii,"- ill us; triUed with.laatsra; vkw<: t