THE EIGHTH.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2617, 12 November 1915, Page 6

THE EIGHTH.

' fr— GOVERNORS INSPECTION

FINE SPECTACLE AT TRENTHAM TO-MORROWS PARADE Tho dull; threatening weather, with mists blowing along tho hill-tops, which prevailed yesterday afternoon, did not prevent several hundreds of the relatives and friends of the Eighth Reinforcements from visiting Trentham Damp, to .witness the review of tho troops by His Excellency Lord Liverpool. On arriving at the camp, tho visitors found that the soldiers had been paraded, all wearing their overcoats, and were awaiting the hour appointed for His Excellency's arrival. A Scotch mist was blowing across tho parade ground, and the masses of khaki harmonised so well with tho grey, ness of the landscape that it seemed as though they had but to march a little way into the mists, and tliey would disappear from sight altogether. But tliere were two stronger lines of colour which oaught the eye; one was the. line of sunburnt faces, and the other the colours on the hat puggarees of the men. Drawn up in companies before the saluting base were mounted men, artillery, infantry, and men of the Army Medical Corps. The Army Service Corps men were not on parade, being. still engaged in their duties at Tauherenikau. Someone among the speotators expressed the thoughts of all present in the words: "What a pity it is not a sunny day!" Yet there was something fascinating in the sight of the sombre-hued ranks waiting there in the soft, misty drizzle. Bank upon rank, company after company, nearly 3000 men were there. Arrival of the Covernor. At a few minutes before three o'clock, His Excellency arrived by motor-car, and was met by the Camp Commandant (Lieutenant-Colonel Potter), Colonel Gibbon, C.G.S., Captain Dovoy, Camp Adjutant, Captain Oar-da-11, Major M'Donald, and Captain Bradley. As the Governor, in uniform, and attended by these officers, approached tho saluting base, ,• which .was marked by two small flags, Major Ross, Officer Commanding the Bth Reinforcements, gave the order, "Attention!" There was a sudden stiffening of the ranks of khaki. "Slope arms!" The bayonets gleamed dully as they leaped, like one blade, to the shoulders. For an instant they remained there. Then, as His Excellency reached tho saluting base, the orders came: "Royal salute I Present arms!" The Trentham Camp Band, stationed at the rear of the roops, played tho National Anthem,, and the heads of the male portion of the onlookers were bared to tho rain. "Slope arms! Order arms! Stand easy!" ' These orders were given in quick succession, and His Excellency, accompanied by . the officers, with drawn swords, began his inspection, -while the band played slow, sweet music. As he approached each company tho men came 1 to attention, and tlie officer commanding saluted and accompanied the Governor on his inspection of that company. It was a thorough inspection, yet no time was wasted. At its conclusion the Governor returned to the saluting base. The band moved to the end of the lines, where tho mounted infantry were. The drums beat, and at tho word tho troops moved off, led by the band, to wheel round and march past the saluting base. t The March Past. Tho Mounted Infantry, under Captain Armstrong, camo first, as being cno senior arm. They struct the spectator as being a big and hardy lot of men, and tho gleam of their spurs as tliey marched had' a striking and peculiar effect. The artillery, under Lieutenant Earnshaw, came next. They carried no rifles, and tliey. seemed, if ■anything, even bigger and burlier than the mounted men. They were followed by the Engineers, under Lieutenant Williams, and then came the infantry, the veterans of the big route march. There was a murmur of approval from the crowd, and a,- man said to his neighbour: "The footsloggers! Can't they march ?" Captain Bishop, of E Company, was afc their head, and they certainly marched well. The only wavering noticeable in tho line was in the ranks opposite tho saluting base, where every man, as lie passed, turned his eyes towards the Governor. The rough ground, sometimes, caught a man unawares, while his eyes were turned from it, and made him sway a littlo. Otherwise the pacing feet and swinging arms moved like machinery, and the shouldered rifles and bayonets lay all at tho same angle. The men of the Army Medical Corps brought up the rear,., as tho men marched back to their quarters. After the inspection, of tho troops His Excellency, [ accompanied by the Camp Commandant, , inspected the camp. Tho Eighth Reinforcements will en- ! train at Trentham to-morrow morning, ; and will march through the City in the aftornoon before embarking for • Christcliurch. The general opinion exI pressed by officers of the Camp Headquarters Staff is that three troops arc as good in physique, discipline, and training as the best that Save left the camp. "The Fifths have always been regarded as our best lot," one man said, "and the Eighths are as good in my opinion." I " A FINE BODY OF MEN " t f VISIT OF THE DEFENCE MINISTER 0 "The Eighth Reinforcements are f . very fine body of men," said the Min ister of Defence (the Hon. J. Allen) las' evening. "I'cannot say that in som< ® partibulars they are better than force: that have gone before them, but eacl force has its peculiar characteristics Hie Seventh were a very handy lot; the; had been made handy by the difficultiei r that tlie.v had faced and overcome. Thi U Fifth were perhaps tho best all-rouni lot we have sent away, and their mus lietr.y constitutes a record. But ther< is one company of tho feighth that ha beaten,the record for musketry. "The Eighth are quite up to the big] standard set by our reinforcements, am iu some respects are beyond it. I an t quite sure Now Zealand can be ver; '1 proud of them, and that they will giv n a splendid account of themselves where e ever they go." id APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS FULL LIST The following appointments of officer to the New Zealand Expeditionary Fore t (Bth Reinforcements) with tho rank specified, and with effect from Novell , ber 1, 1915. havo been approved:— il h MOUNTED RIFLES. Captain James Armstrong, 9th (We lington) Mounted Rifleß. Captain Maxwell Aldred, 3rd (Aucl r " land) Mounted Rifles. 111 Lieut. Montgomery Owen Graingei w 9fcli (Wellington) Mounted Rifles. u Lieut. Maurice Alfred Balding, 6t (Manawatu) Mounted R-iflre. 8 " 2nd Lieut. Harry Bolton Riley, lOt 9" (Nelson) Mounted Rifles. X. 2&L /rfijjit. Brrol

Riddiford, 9th (Wellington East Const) i Mounted Hides.. 1 2nd Liout. Ronal Bert Buchanan, 6th ] (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles. 2nd Lieut. Henry William Hubert Coates, Unattached List (b), Auckland < District. 2nd Lieut. Aloe Eugene Charlea Henry Eustace, Boeufve, Unattached List (b), General List. 2nd Lieut: Alexander Hugh Grierson, Unattached List (b), General List. 2nd Liout. Laurence Willou^hby Bishop, Unattached List (b), General List. NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY. 2nd Lieut. William Ellis Earnshaw, D Battery, N.Z. Field Artillery. 2nd Lieut. James William Smeaton, Unattached List (b), General List. 2nd Lieut. Bruce Andrews Todd, Unattached List (b), General List. CORPS OF NEW. ZEALAND ENGINEERS. Lieutenant Arthur Valentine Williams, New Zealand RaiLway Battalions. DIVISIONAL SIGNAL COMPANY. Lieutenant George Thomas Kellaway, Unattached List (b), .Wellington District. INFANTRY. Major' Fleming Ross, oth (V* elliugton) Regiment. Captain Douglas Russell Kirker, iV/i. Garrison Artillery, Auckland District. Lieut. Lindsay Mackie Scott, 4tu (Otago) Regiment. . Lieut. Geoffrey Clifford Wilson Armstrong, Unattached List (b), Auckland District. , . Lieut. John Hadden Barr, Unattached List (b), Otago District. / Lieut. Claude Spencer White, loth (North Auckland) Regiment. _ Lieut. Peter William Gordon Spiers, 4bli (Otago) Regiment. Lieut. .Charles Edward Reid, N.Z. Post andl Telegraph Corps. Lieut. John Norman Ilauch, N.Z. Post and Telegraph Corps. 2nd Lieut. W.illiam John Marriott, Unattached List (b), Canterbury District. 2nd Lieut. Arthur Stanley Judd, 17th (Ruahine) Regiment. 2nd Lieut. Alan Robert Thomas M'Dougall, 4th (Otago) Regiment. 2nd Lieut. Harold James Drummond Sheldon, Unattached List, (b), Wellington District. 2nd Liout. Alan Godfrey M'Gregor, New Zealand Army Service Corps. 2nd Lieut. Joseph Bibby Mawson, Unattached List (b), Wellington District. 2nd Lieut. Alexander Ford Gormody, Unattached List (b), Canterbury District. 2nr Lieut. Alexander M'Rae Forbes, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment. 2nd Lieut, Robert Duffus M'Farland, 16th (Waikato) Regiment. 2nd Lieut. Archibald Lawrence Treadwell, ex-lieutenant, 9th (Wellington, East Coast) Regiment. 2nd Lieut. Harold Frederick John Monson, Unattached List (b), General List. 2nd Lieut. Harold Sherbrooke Gabites, Unattached List (b), General List. 2nd Lieut. Harry Fryer, Unattached List (b), General List. 2nd Lieut. Henry Geange Brodie, Unattached List (b), General List. 2nd Lieut. Archibald Geoffrey Brocket, Unattached List (b), General List. 2nd' Lieut. Graham Griffiths, Unattached. List (b), General List. 2nd Lieut. Philip Pile, Unattached List (b). General List. 2nd Lieut. John Crooken Raine, Unattached List (b), General List. 2nd' Lieut. Porcy Alexander Spurdle, Unattached List (b), General List. NEW ZEALAND ARMY SERVICE OORPS. Captain George Rowland Hutchison. Lieut. William Northey Laco (with rank of 2nd lieutenant). 2nd! Lieut. Angus Gordon Macdonald. 2nd Lieut. William Robert Dick. T , 2lld / , Lieut- John Scott, Unattached List (b), General List. 2nd Lieut.: Justin M'Carthy Power, Unattached List (b), General List. NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS. Captain Frederick William Kemp, M.D. Lieut. Angus M'Phee Marshall, M.B. (temporary captain), while employed with tilio Expeditionary Force. Lieut. Dugald George Matheson, M.8., Ph.B. (temporary captain), while employed with the Expeditionary Forcc. Lieut. Joseph K. Venables, L.11.0.P. and l S. Edin (temporary oaptain), while employed with the Expeditionary Force. NEW ZEALAND CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT. Rev. William Henry Roberts, Chap- , lain to the Forces, 4th Class. , Rev. Percy Temple Williams, Ghap- ; lain to the Forces, 4th Class. , llev. Alexander M'Donald, Chaplain . to the Forces, 4th Class. 1 NEW ZEALAND IMFLE BRIGADE. 2nd Reinforcements Ist and 2nd > Battalions. ' Captain Walter George Bishop, lltli ■ (Taranaki) Regiment. ! Lieut. Leo Sigisnnmd Cimino, stl: ' (Wellington) Regiment ' Lieut. Charles Edward Butcher, Btl ' (Southland) Regiment. ' Lieut. Ernest John Brammall, Unat tached List (b), Wellington District. Lieut. William Varley Smith, stl ' (Wellington) Regiment, Reserve of Of x fleers. 2nd Lieut. Edmund Colin Nijjel Robin son, Unattached List (b), Wellingtoi ~ District. j 2nd! Lieut. Ronald Henry Mottram Ist (Canterbury) Regiment. 2nd Lieut. Kenneth Duncan Ambroso New Zealand Garrison Artillery. 2nd Lieut. Henry Mark Keesing, 7tl i (Wellington West Coast) Regiment. 2nd Lieut. Archibald Laurenson Mar tin, Unattached List (b), General List TO-MORROWS PARADE DETAILED ARRANGEMENTS. In connection with the parade of tin £ Bth Reinforcements to-morrow, the fol e lowing arrangements have been madi s by the authorities:— jj Barricades will be erected at thi wharf and troops placed at certain point to control the traffic. The public ar requested to assist in observing theS' arrangements. A limited number of tickets to admi next-of-kin to wharf enclosure liav_ been handed to every member of tlio Bth Reinforcements, who will dispose of them according to their own wishes. , Relatives must therefore look to their I soldier kinsmen for any tickets they desire. Ticketholders are notified that ™ the entrance to that portion .of the wharf reserved for them is between the , c Post and Telegraph Stores building and 3 " tlio Pipitea shod at the King's Wharf, and are advised to be present before 3 p.m. Members of the Legislature will be admitted by the same entrance by showing their Parliamentary medallion. When the troops are re-embarking the lioxt-of-kiu will bo admitted on to the wharf alongside the transport, but will rs not he permitted to board tlio ships. 30 Parcels intended for delivery to the !S troops on board the transports must i" be sent to the Harbour Board's No. 3 shed, not later than 5 p.m. to-day. Parcels should bo clearly addressed. They will bo placed in charge of the quarteril- master on each ship, and delivered to tlio addressee when the troops aro finIt- ally embarked. The route of the march will be From r, the King's Wharf, via Bunny •Street, Lanibton Quay, past Go\ eminent Buildth ings, Willis Street, Manners Street, Lower Cuba Street, Jeivois Quay, fch Waterloo Quay, to King's Wharf. Tlio Territorials and Cadets will parad. >ke un. duties various Douue

o provoiit crowding in on tho column, .'he public arc requested to assist in ieoping the roadway clear for the iroops. No passes will bo issued by the officcs £ >f the Minister of Defonce, Military >■ leadquartcrs, or by tho Base Records iffice. , Next-of-kin may visit the camp tolay. No passes will bo required as all vill bo admitted. The following is the distribution of :ho garrison troops and Senior Cadets jailed out for duty on the occasion of ;ho parade of tho Bth Reinforcements:— D Battery.—On duty at the wharf, iinder tho orders of tho embarkation oficer. Garrison Artillery.—On duty at the wharf, under the orders of the emjarkation officer, oth (Wellington) Re- - —A Company: Stewart Daw- ' son's corner. B Company: Mercer Street and Albert Hotel corner. C Company and l'ost and Telegraph Rifles: J'own Hall to Royal Oak corner (inclusive). D Company. Government 1 Buildings. No. 2 Company Senior ( Cadets.—At junction of Featherston and Bunny Streets. Four Companies , Senior Cadets.—Government Buildings : to Boweu Street. Two Companies Senior Cadets.—Bank. of New Zealand. Four Companies Senior Cadtets.—Old General Post Office to Ferry Wharf. Ono Company Senior Cadets.—ln reservo at Queen's Wharf. To, enable visitors from the Wairarapa to attend the parade of the Bt'n Reinforcements, tlie train which usually leaves Wellington for Mr,sterton at 4.25 p.m. will bo delayed to leave at 5.3 | p.m.