OUR OVERSEA EXPEDITION.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2235, 22 August 1914, Page 8

OUR OVERSEA EXPEDITION.

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Aeimri at concentration camps.

(By,-. Telegraph,—Press Association.) " • j ;•'rPalmerston North, August 21. ■ I, -.Fiffcyjsovoii at ' the JDefenco/Offico vyeMerday, .bringing, ' -the figures for (ho Wellington Military /District to 172 -officers and-5369 men!" Exclusive of men wlio» soiled with the advance, guard, \tho details, are : . i • ■ Officers. Men. , Otli Mounted 11., Napier ...10 ' 102' ,2nd Mounted It., Hawera ... 8 179 • f>tli Mouuted-R.,'Mttna.watu 20 ■, ,138 7th Rgt., Wanganui.; 8 164 •Jtlwßgt., Napier ............... 9 -• 204 lltli Rgt., Hawera 14 156 17th Rgt.vMastorton 8 186 . J Battery, Palmerston ;2 27 'F Buttery, Napier 1 35 ,D Battery, Wellington . — 81 : Engineers, -Wellington. — 18 ■ Signal Corps, Wellington • 1 31 ; Mtd. Signal Troop. Paliiatuii — :10 Others: ■ -■■■■■• Officers. Men. ..' No. 6" Groupj -Paliiierston'... 20 758•No. 7 Group, Napier ......... 13 785 'No. 7a Group, Masterton ..., 12 832 No. 5 Group, WeUingtou ...v ,39. 1620 . No. 8 Group,' Hawera:...... 7 • 593 ' Sixty-ono: officers and 2308 men aro now m camp- ..■...■• Regiment. ! Officer's. Men. RegimentalHeiulquariera ...'. :4': " ' 5 SncLMoiuited.'Riiler (Hawera)-.-6-- 195 6th Mt<l. Rifles (Maimatii) 7 205 , 9thi;Mounted Rifles (Napier) G , 199 • RogimentaliHfeadquarters ..-.v.; 6 : :6 . • 9th Rogifneht '(Napier) 4v ' 259 ■■.■.7 th Regiment (Wanganui)... 4 SOI *; ■■ 11th Regiment,- '(Hawera)'- ■; : -> 6\ '241 17th Regiment!,, (Masterton) , 3 .. 245 Signal Company 3 ~;',96 -Reservists /— ";•■ . 69 Batteries' -.i , .':. i ..j.;.............. i 3; 101 • Brigade Ammunition, Column.-. 1 89 ■ iDivisio'iial'."l.V.iJAmmuhition, Coluniil'— -88 • . {Field- Engineers ; 2 . 78 'Army' Service 1 40 Signal Troop-.......;;..;;........' 1 23 filoimted-Ambuiauco • .6; 66 Total .v..:.;..:! & 2308 • :'(BT ; Telejrapii.— Pres3 Association.) • >'!••"? Chrlstchuroh, August 21. • • The; parade state"'.at' Addington camp- , this morning showed-rthat there .was a total of 1529, Of .the Mo.unted Rifles, rthoro, wdroi 501': ; .meii; and 458 ■~ horses,-'of ihfantfy79Bß, aiid ,of Mounted ''Ambulance 40. - r.-. .. ' • -.■'•■: Amongst the newarrivals-io-day were' , ' .'46 men from Auckland for tlie ammtini- . tion column, 1 and' , a-sectioh ! ; 'of-'the mounted ambulance :froml Christchurch. Tiventy-three' men also;' arrived \ from ■ Hawer«v-:to-Vipia tho ; Second;-"Mounted-Rifles: """'■■" . The .Maypr^and,a ..largo; number, ,cf wjs. ■' ■i this- afternoon in -the-pre--senco of a large crowd. V.'One hundred :. and seventy-;twp. .officers and .5369 men V have no.w. ie'gistered;"at the,' Defence .Office. i - vv-i •■— . (By Telojrrapli.—flroclal OorMspondenU Palmerston.N.-,!:Angust 21; : . ' General-Godley.'s visit next Monday is " looted forward to with keen interest. . The iaspfectib'ii takes place at 11.30 a.m., . jpratatipiis. haye' been, jssued :for members c( Parliament, newspaper edi-tors(.o'and-iegimental "commanders,- and staffs to bo present. ," -;;"'' -X /. THE DUNEDIN INSPECTION. 'AMBULANCE MEN FAREWELLED.. . CBy' Tolcgrapli.—Pxes3 Association.) .. Dunedin, August 21. ... General. Godley inspected the Otago ' section of 'the -Expeditionary Force, encampgdjat. Taliuna He ■ was met at the gate by a number of ; , staff officers,; and : accompanied by the Mayor and members'of Pajliameiit. He . ■'made ; .-perfuiicjxiiy... inspection. ■ ! Every man appeared to'come:'under the ot his 'keen gaze. .i.The mounted jnen,' under Colonel Bauchop, li-ero first .., Sarge ■ number of the' i regiment of Mounted Rifles have jet t-o : be supplied with horses, but it is understood that a, sufficient number will be forwarded at the end of the week. , It 'is understood, tlie officers of .tho J3fcago .quota will ; Mounted Battalion: Colonel A. Bauchop, 0.C.; Major Nutsford, second'in, 'commaijitl; Captain Glendining, adju- . .. tant,. Lieutenant E. A. Scott, quarter'master; Lieutenant Ferguson,'signalling officer; Lieutenant Howie, machine-gun ■ officer.- Major H. Orbell commands' the , Fifth squadron, and Captain . Coivio-- is ; second in command. •' Major ,M'Eenzie| commands the Seventh Regiment squadron, and Captain Paddon. is second in command. Major Grigor , commands the ■ TVelfth ~ Regiment squadron, and : Hay is. second in command. '' - Infantry ; . Battalion: Lieutenant-Col-onel T. W. M'Donald, 0.C.; Major J. M. M'Clymont, second in. command; Captajn_Slopre, adjutant; Captain.Martineau, V.C., quartermaster; Lieutenant" It. E. Eggleston, signalling officer; 'Lioutenaint -Wilson, machine-gun sec-' tiohi- Captain Price commands the F<iurth.;lter;iir(eiit Company, and Captain ; ; Spedding is second in command; Cap-; . ta]n_G-.;:M'Kehzio c6mmands'tlie Eighth Regiment Company, and Captain R. Fleming l ;is' : second- in. -commahd; Major Moir commands the tenth Regiment Company, and Captain' -St'atham is sec- ;, mid in command';' Captain Turnbull'commands' tho Fourteenth Regiment Companyv and-.Captain G;-Smith is second ■ in .commandextra officer, Lieutenant (Whitefield, Vv ' --■-..,-■ . ' T3io Field-••Ambalaitgß men, number--ing over 80, left'Dunedin to-"day\and received -:.an enthusiiistic '.seiid-off; Tho men marched to the railway station, : headed by tho. Albany Street School Fife and Drum, band, and had to forgo their v>'ay . through /the dcuso crowds .that thronged the platform. When the time camp, for the departure, tho Uni- ?«*!»% si|i^sSrt^' , wiio;;fdi , mea' a- large prpjMf.tion', of; tlio;, gathering, .broke out ' int'o'a familiar'.'.war cry, - starting a salvo of clieeis whiclf continued till the .train steamed : ;Qut:of:the station. Jlajor O'Neill is in command. Major r-P;' Waito; has left- to fill a eommission- as, lieutenant in the EncineSrs;." '' -.'■ ' ■ SERVICED U ; NATIONAL RESERVE IDEA. - - The Minister .of' Defence has ; deluged with from ..patriotic young men and anxious to be:ir . ams for the .'country, either at home or 1 . abroad. Amongst those who have offered assistance are tho" Legion" of Fr'oii-' , tiersmettTand; various,;other bodies who ivi?h t ,tho Government, to establish, a National.Reserve; -apart from tho pre--sent TeiTitoriarbTganisivtion. - "Wb u 'aro Very, grateful .'to them r all .. for their; offers;of assistance," said Mr. Allen to a reporter yesterday. . "We thoroughly appreciate r .their - patriotic spirit, but: first .'of all'we have: our obligations tolpun'oiyn Territorials, and our rifle clubsj'and our-senior'cadets. We have only arms enough for our Territorials, iiiu'd'for those"we are, sending. '}| v to find ■ arriis-Tor' a'; National .Reserve under. -. exteiuig. circuiiista-iicea, and it nvould-be

exceedingly 'difficult to justify to Par-' lianient expenditure on land' defences outside of that now required for our Territorial scheme. Where these men can. assist us-is in stimulating interest ill ,tho Territorials and , in helping to make .them more pferfect in any way they can. Then if at any time tile shores of New Zealand were likely to he assailed we would supply/them with arm's so ; far as we could. But I have no fear, I have not the slightest'fear, of New Zealand. shores being attacked 'under 'the. present circumstances. No. enemy could (get here in such numbers that, our-Territorial forces could not easily deal with them. Wo are not prepaTed now to equip a separate body, especially as we are advised that the Territorial Army, which will number 30,000 next year; will, with the reserves, bo: ample for' the defence of New.Zea"land. The Legion of Frontiersmen are very keen to serve, and I should be very p;lad to-accept their offers if I could; The only course open, to them is to apply, as individuals to, the nearest Defence Office if they wish to volunteer for service abroad, or if they wish .to serve ■here they can join existing rifle clubs or they'can, form .new rifle .clubs. 1 We can't .have half a dozen different -.defence organisations inthecountry." . : ' . . : .; : : ; (SHArTEB OF SHIPS. 'ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED.Onobf the most difficult tasks of the many', that, the Minister of Defence has had to perform in, the last -week has be.en the settlement of , terms,. Upon which transports.; are to he Jiired from the shipping' '■'companies. Mr. Allen stated yesterday that he had found the task very difficult indeed, ,but he had arranged .for- all' the charters on' what ■he believed , ivere-'f airly reasonable terms. The ,, charter.;'parities for the Monowai, Moeraki,- and Tahiti had been , signed' that day.:: ■•••;■' ■■ ■..'.' .' '/