TERRITORIAL FORCE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 926, 20 September 1910, Page 5

TERRITORIAL FORCE.

■■■ : ' :: : ■':-■'.:.:,;:■ y..''\ ':;i ". :;?■:: ';:"". : --.':./:■'.' ; ,\ ','■ The Wellington' Rifle 'Battalion, . un-. ier. Lieutenant-Colonel". W. G.; Duthie,, ■ r: . will; hold; a -.daylight parade.'• on';LLabor'ur' •:/.'.-". Day (October 12). "--Further- particulars . will be announced Viator. •'•;' It is.' probable '■■-~ that.field tactics on the hills at Jolinson- •'■'• ville'■'will' constitute -;;the -day's ■ pro-. gramme,: though nothing, definite has been , ■;•' decided. -V,-' .',:::' .';■'';•';. - : 'Y..'.'.-. '■-'■■s ; Inspectional, 'classes ■ for . non-commis- '. BJoned,ofiicera will commence,at tie'.Gar-. ■ xison'Hall ".on Thursday next. Staff- :.' Sergeant-Majors Rose and Henderson will ;'..'; be the instructors, and at.the conclusion ''.'-. of the; course, an. examination'for'promotion will.be-held. •:';' ,' '.;.■'.'■ . An 'instructional class for officers-will . be arranged for at an early date. : In connection with the lecture, "Military .Training and ,the People of Great Britain,"' to be given by Mr.. Robert -'.":■• : M'Nab at the Garrison Officers'-Club, on : 27, "C" and.'T?" Companies of the Wellington Infantry Battalion "'■;' will fiirhislv the guard of honour to :his Excellency the Governor (Lord Islington), who will arrive at the clubroom at - 8 p.m. The Garrison, Band will ■ also bs oh parade.:'-:, To obviate the'inconveniencoi expense, and loss of time entailed in the holding of their annual camp of training at the Hutt'-.Park, the Wellington Engineers will this year encamp at Miramar. Two years'experience of camping at the Hutt have shown that; serious loss of time has been entailed by the .men having to travel .out and in every day. the even- * ing parades have been curtailediby the .late arrival of the. men at camp after .leaving 'their occupation, while the early start in. the ..morning has similarly affected' the morning parades'. Expenses in. transport, have been heavy, "and lightBig facilities for. the evening parades limited/ At Miramar, arrangements for satisfactory lighting will be possiblo by tapping the electric power mains, while both morning and evening'parades will be appreciably lengthened.