THE CORONATION REVIEW.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1162, 24 June 1911, Page 6

THE CORONATION REVIEW.

TROOrS COMPLIMENTED. ! Major-General A: J. Godley,- C.8., Geueral Officer Commanding tho New Zealand Forces, has received the following letter from his Excellency the Governor :— "I desire to convey to yon an expression of warm appreciation of the whole arrangements and proceedings in connection with the Coronation parade at. Newtown Park. All the troops on parade, both naval and military, presented an admirably smart appearance, and the movements throughout wero conducted with precision and order. I am sure that all the citizens of Wellington who witnessed tho ceremony must have been impressed and gratified that, so great, a day. in the annals of tho Empire was celebrated in a manner so fitting; I also noted with appreciation the smart appearance of the Boy Scouts who lined the approach to the ground. I shall be obliged if you will convey to all ranks my congratulations on tho success of the parade, and inform them that I shall have pleasure in transmitting to his Majesty the King an account of the morning s proceedings." The Acting-Premier (Sir James Carroll) has also complimented the troops in the following message:—"l desire to convey to tho officers and men under-your command my sincere thanks for and appreciation of the.effective display, given by our now citizen army on its first public appearance yesterday to help to commemorate the Coronation of His Most Gracious Majesty, King Georgo V. The arrangements were excellent in every detail, and reflected the greatest credit on yourself, and all concerned."

In promulgating the above messages, the. General C . 'cer Commanding wishes, to pay his thanks to all ranks for their co-operation'in making the review a success. In addition to his kind messago to tho new citizen army, Sir James Carroll wishes (o express his thanks to the Royal Navy for their welcome assistance, arid the General Officer Commanding hopes that lie may be permitted to associate himself with this message. General Godley also particularly desires to express his appreciation of the services' rendered by the Royal New Zealand Artillery und the civil police in keeping order in. iho ground. On behalf cf the troops . the General tenders their grateful thanks to his Excellency - and the Acting-Prime Minister for their encouraging messages. The excellence of. the arrangements devised for controlling the crowd at the military review at Newtown Park on Thursday lias already received very favourable comment on nil-sides. It is interesting to note, in this connection, that the excellent planning of the details, apportionment of ground, the spacing, the control of the assembling multitude, and the policing of the Park generally,' was the. result of careful and minute preparation in the Department of the AdjutantGeneral of the Forces (Colonel A. W. Robin, C.8.), and his staff—Captains E. 0; Chosnoy (Assistant-Adjutant-General), Captain H. H. Browne (Assistant-Quarter-' master-General)— working in co-operation with Inspector Ellison, of the Police Department. In the past tho planning out of these details was. left to the District I Headquarters'. Staff, and. Thursday's review was the first occasion upon, which.'tie whole- of the arrangements were, controlled l)y the Adjutant-General's,Depart-ment at Headquarters, and mncli of the success'! of the day's proceedings was duo to the perfect! unity of purpose and action which marked the co-ordination of I the military forces with tho police.