CITIZEN SOLDIERY

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 711, 10 January 1910, Page 5

CITIZEN SOLDIERY

'-;':;:' n.s.w.: operations.; ,-Sunder tbi ; fie'ld-marshal's : '-. ; >v.;::':;y;-;;:-;.v;;;;EYE;:;:'''-v;.:;-;::',v.-Byl'elegraphr-Press Association—Oopyriitht ■]v :;:;;': 'v; ; ';':.; ;;:;;,Sydney; :; January; 8. ; :!;Field-Marshal:Lord Kitchener's scheme ;pf ■'operations at theV'-'Livorpool' Camp yes-: terday;! (Friday) .wais; based on. the. idea ;that an;attack.'.was being;made on a con-;yby>,'.:-'-V.'•■ ■;■ -.':' '■.;■':'}'■'. V;.'i";'-"-' ■"' ; '!' -. : -■'■'-.,'' ■■'•:;',":' ;.: • ,The , operations occupied, fifteen hours; and were" conducted as:far, as practio'ablo.. ;under:actual w'ar■conditions.. : ; .. ■ : ;. : ; ■■: The^' Field-MarshaVs' staff•;.' we're .busy taHng;-'notes, but beyond an ..occasional passing cominent. Lord,; Kitchener keeps 'hia' im jressibris Vcirefully to himselfi..; , ;'To,-dayj;Lbrd.;: iCitchener,. "wUlv;inspect the 'harbour'defence; and| review - ; the vol-;, .uiiteors and;cadets;;-;•'•.■■'i|;f-■■ ?■'■ '•'■■■ '■ :; ; - ..'i ; ■; Altogether;there;.are between:seven' and. eight'thousand men in tliß.various camps. • ■; -i %!'K ITCri EN ER'S: ;EjsT IM AT E.;;;:; THE ROADyTb-EFFICIENCY STANDS / :'..; : .:;;,OPEN;;:.:;3;;:;:.;^ ;;;BOT^SELF:-DENlAL;;'is:■■ NEEDEI);:;! :{;:£■'■:: ; January .fli^S/piiO':^■!..''' '}■. 'S-vi-Si'.' t';?KWi:':':'. : ;Sydney,;January '9.;;jLbrd i Kitchener ;had' albusy jday; yester-; ■daySI v HeVihspected; the ;cadeb3: at .'Government House' grounds,; ■the:: fortress,: and;; the. troops',; cam in; : ■the.; Middlb;;Sbuth,:;,where;ioperations,;,in [cbnnect;on.;with' a 'combined- seaand'land--attack ontSydheySwere V .: fsln, the. was the; ;gn^:a)-:a':.StatV : ;banguet:at;.Parlidmeiit Hbiise.';.: There was:.a; large and/jbrilliant, gathering,' and, the,Field-Marshal had'"i»n e)iffiusiastib recentibn^^";;.|.'.:,:-■;' '4 Replying ;-,tb;;*the f,t.oast: of:;oiis'. hbalthV Lqrd.i.Kitcherier.:;said■':•.•,"Ditrihg the';two. 'day'sVljiiavejspent-'in'iiyorpbol; CanJp;' ; l : have .'been;;'mucli..^pleased;■:with' and .in-' ■teresfedj4ll:. tie work'; {Serfonried ; - ; by" the ■ citizen.-;soldierav;'l>-was :muoh /: Btru"ck ,by. .the keenness.,bf,'aH;ranK;in-carrying:out their, dnties'..::The '".'strong; desire'..express-' ~ed'v'fof' an' 1 ' efficieht-;fbrce . ; ii i :'thisf;couhtry ; ;is: evidently;.folt; as ''.much '-byJthe' : troops ;as/,by: the* cbrn'muhity' jVaiidi.-'cbn-'j Hhe'.'marked .;nainiral;aptitude if or .nilU&y.V.w6rli-.:"ai3,.troinug:'/wWeh / nic«t-! ybung ."Australians';:'obtain^clnring: their.;| bringing';, upi'-i and ''.which';;thoy.'-;a6; fully j :pbssess, : :i,can see'jnb/insurmountable'ob: ;Stacle'to' the /ofltiie-Vresnlt'yoii:' 'dea'irfci;.;*;'^ ;natiqnal: force (can.' be.truly,efficient;bnly', .when;' the:' citiz«n)SplQ^ers,i'be'sides.being; : inspired, : with;'a, spirit'of patriotic'loyalty,' :hayv "a, thorough-knbwledgeland' devotion ;to; : a; ■CfSpnside'r^le V ' on, its j part J '-should .support \ its: :defbhders';by shbwing.prida;in;.themiiby. 'savours :of ■ shamVand'nselessness;- by .sup-. . ptying- nieans ,; them:;: to;;study;.; thor-:; "bughly . military': du^^ties',;' ! nnd by ''the, provision; bf ( ' ; -necessities .'.to;- ensure e'mcienV'equipme'ntVaad-'iiuiiing. , :sV.:asi.{p jbe?" in-'readiness ,-f or. ;'ifi:"":-,' i;,:'; the (proofs ;that:New, South;. Wales, had.Jgiven; of her loyalty jibe Motherland,'and of. her desire'to' supI'^l'iihavb;; hot '(thbVtslightest; 'doubt;;that,' (wfiehever.'.tiie.''.occasion-, 'may,i'arise,'.iwe,' "shouliier';; 'shoulder,:wi th '■ the '(Jmperiiii -. f.troops,;and',i' .as;"-to'.'.■ tho,( tnoy.'will;''get 1 "ifromVthe "British:; Army.'';:;:;; ; ;-r^;: ; v?:;;.;^