CAMPS AND THE MEN

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2745, 14 April 1916, Page 6

CAMPS AND THE MEN

j f , • [ TWELFTHS ON THE MARCH ' , OVER THE RIMUTAKAS > Music of a hand and singing mafked ! the progress of the Twelfth Infantry Roi inforcements, under Lieutenant-Colonel I C R Macdonald, on their march across I the Rimutaka Sill (yesterday The band was the Twelfth Reinforcements' Band, ' and the singers were tho soldiers, each ' platoon having, its own tune, and No i 4, Platoon of H Company, all men from I Southland, being the most persistent [ of the singers The trip was a windy, ! ' gusty one, with dust blowing and the i men holding on to their hatß nt many i of the comors of the road Yet it was ' accomplished m good time, and though I two men fell out they Tejomed at tho • summit, and so counted as having accomplished the march I The troops went into bivouac in the I scrub neai Featherston Camp on Wedj Jiesday ovoning and were astir early next morning The start was made at [ a quarter past sis, A company, uoder i .Colonel Cummings leading the way i 'They were follow ed"by B Company, Capj tain Porteous; £L Company, Captain ' Neeley; D Company, Liout Somorville •, I E Company,'Socoud-Lieut. Brown; F ! Company; Seoond-Lieut Kmgscote. G ! Company, Captain Hollard, and H Com--1 ' pany, Second-Lieut Eussell The usual [ changes en route were made, and the * summit was reached at 945 Ample refreshments were provided bythe Featherston members of tho Wairarapa i Patriotic Society, who have established ) n. depot, consisting of a hut, water tanks and boiler at the summit Tlie march was continued at 10 45, nnd the bivouac at Kaitoke was reached , at 12 30. There the troops bathed and lunched and spent the afternoon m f lous -ways' They were to start for Upj- " per Hutt earlv this morning, and mj dulge in the usual operation to-day and to-morrow morning, marching into I Trentham Camo to-morrow at about f noon. j , i The Cowboy. 1 There is a soldier of the 15th who

J:;-;. Vjs called'vthe/ Cowboy;;and,-.hV;iiad,the '■ r: nickname thr'ust" ; npon him in this way. [: . -'■ The .day after fie .arrived in. camp,, a t; '/v sergeant. thrust a. bucket into, his hand !■•■ ■;•; B'na.Baid: , '/.y .;■;,:= -' : I.' ', = :'."' ''You can milk, can't jyou?" .:, jy 7;' yi "Yes.". "'■ ''■; • -■; .\ ,- I '-' ;-:■ "Well, go-round -the corner of this T:-" hut and you'll:nnd : the cow./ -Milk her j;;.-' as. quickly as you.can, -and, bring the jy ;"-. milk here."./ ■'■''■■■■'■'.(■ ';;'..' r: . ■ ~-; . i ,:• ■ i' "Yes; sir," /said the recruit, and set [, -'■-•, off.': There was ndoow behind/the hut, S-' / ;.so presuming;that the beast had stray- }. ■• ed,' after' the manner' of cows', the county/; trynian looked belund:; f ;the'.next' hut. |;' ■'?. Stiil;no. cow vwas visible.; He became 'ansibus.'' "Poking his- bead into,the hut-' [/;/-.merit'door he asked: .. "A y ■■:''. : ;■■ /•.,:... "Any. o''you '.blokes, seen a cow about (///'here?''-,. -'- ;"/;•.-•;'" -.' */ ' ■■■"'.■ / •/,:-:.: f;. ../ //■■No. one had. What did he want;, a, jVv.v--.cow:-for? ;To inilkh'er, he/said. Better iKii look:..further..along;, the line;- : ' There I '■.'■";'•'.used to."be some cows, in the hut next [■ ■/:': door; \y .;:".'■.;■■'■'< ..•'■> ■.■.::■'.'.'.,..■■. ■ : •"■•.':',"■ [, ■"-. ;■ :The•■'puEzled recruit : . wandered, on. [i-:/But ■ there -wasn't a cow. in. sight. ■. So fV;;- ; ho.returned.'.'with the empty'bucket and [;/; ■''.-. reported ..to.Hhe, sergeant.';" - f,./- ' ; ''' : ■y// "Never; mind,"; sakTthat joker,' '-'get i.',' -your ■breakfast'. -'And, .'by the wayj. look j-v. out for blokes -playing practical jokes ;/// oii.you.;,When/I came in first, I was [if sent-out to'-whitewash .the Last Post.'.' j ;'.. -, ."I'll' look:out," -.said .the; recruit [:': 'knowingly. .-And he: could nqt underl /. i stand ythe. roar of,. laughter that' shook p/ ;tlie.hut. . ..."',' ,'"'.'' : ■'• ■. /'W// temporary Appointments at.Tren-[/;,//.\-V '.■;.. tham. '-"y,- ; ',.///y The •'■following ; tomporary appoint'y J'ments have boen approved by'the Camp 1.-.':Commandant'at Trentham.•— { :,,'■:■.'■:.■ y.Q.M.S. E. R. Baddeley -to be, reg'ij,( .mental Q.M.5.,,,,and to be .attached to f/r' 'B Coy.i 15th Reinforcements... . v • .y ;-' : '";K.„C«mpanjyil4th/'Reinforcements.— ',:■ -. -Lce.-Corpl. Speirs'to be corporal j Lee.- |- ■'■• .CorpL- (J. .1.. Cuthbertson ; td'be'.cor. ty.yporal; Ptes. J. Lynch; J, Dixon, W. J, ;■'• ' yDomigan' G. M; Costello, H. J. R, p :,'-; Green; A.; G. Faniilton, : B. Anderson, f.y' \,k, iJ. A.. J.-M. Smart.to be (. ;lance-corporals/ '■ -,- : : 'y '••'.;,'.-A Company; r,:.. ;-P.te.',C. Scott to be orderly-room olerk t ;';; with 'rank' of corporal. ,y- ■■■ - - yy- \-\ ,'••'.■'■'■'B ; . Coy-;,■•'. 15th .Reinforcements.—Pte.' lyy W. T. T. i Jones to be . orderly-room i. clerk with, rank of corporal. [; .; ;'E yCompany, loth lieinforcoments.— i;,y Sergt./W. R. Lascelle3 to be.sergeariti r ,y major; Corpls. P. Hihe, V.' G. Parkin, i:.,. , : /R;yßrokenshire.to be -s.ergeants. : r'\ yy.yD -.Company,. 15th. Reinforcements.—. ../■ ,<!orpl.;.R. S'..Halliwell.to-be company, .;''•- 'sergeant-major -Corpls. "■-. 3 1 .' M. Boyne, y : SO. B. T.. M'Olure,:H. B. Pattrick,: J. - ■ i ?T. -Deehan, F. A. Hinton, R. C. Norrie, i y-'O. F.Cowie, W. H. ! Norton to be'.ser.. y- ! geants. ~ ' j,y' j F■ Company, '15th Reinforcements!—' !.';■"'•:■ "CorpL'; J.-_S.'-. Marsdem to. be .sergeant* !-:• i,major;- ; Corpls. P.F. Armstrong, E; M, i.-.-C. .Burr,- J. -W;.Matthews,- A. H.-M'll.' i-'. : ,'ioy, M. B. O'Connor,, W. '.E., Randall, ! '/ i^;f 'Fergeants.' ".-',''■; ";.. ' :.' f .'• ' : '*;.G Company. 15th Reinforcements.— - y'Corpl.. C. L. E.,Eastgate to be company S ~j .Sergeant-major; Corpls. A. Y. Eade, R. ! '■':.-. Blennerhassett,- C. Brook, : J. W. Nis« j-, y-oett A. B. Caverhill, C.S. Brown,;E. (-, Ij.yßosd, L. B. Ord .to'be; sergeants; li ;.'•,.:■ Pte. G._,A. Wilson, to be.orderly-room. j;;...; slerk with rank of corporal. ', "'•'■ j-.y;H Company, loth .Reinforcements.— P,,';Corpls. JjJ C. Richards and W. A. Guild i'' ;,t6/be sergeants. : i [■:'■': Officers;; -Movements.. !.. .' -y' Lieut. J. H. Irvine, F Coy., 14th, has b ..-^teen. granted sick leave. ; [V: ' - Lieutenants yClapham. Ivory, and I: '._■" Sosking have been transferred from the ;•.'■■ Reserve Co. to the machine-gun section. i•; y Captain Sommerville and Major Mac- |> iesey, of the Main Body, have been at- I \*;': - tached to the 12th Reinforcements.- .. f .:■ Private D.'W: Lamond, Main'Body,'l r' "das reported for, duty, and has been atl;':. ached to D Coy.-, 12th. -,'>■■■ -■';• j-;'-'"':;■' Warmer Hutments. !./ : y 'The work of lining the galvanised K-'iron hutments at Trentham is being ji. . parried out rapidly. ' : - With -'the' comj|y '-'ling of winter this improvement will bo !S'. .-.appreciated.. . Even now the nights :'i- .and mornings are decidedly-chilly, and h /the iron huts quickly transmit to their ;.;.' interiors tho ...temperature... prevailing. ',;■ outside. The new records offices aro ■;;'. also to be lined. . The. quantity of [/••'. timber required - for this work is con- !/, siderable, and truck loads of it continue fy <to arrive by rail daily, while:a small ; y ..army of workers is employed in nnload- [-/ ing it and placing it in position in the l' ;i hutments. |;y Featherstoh Temporary Appointments. IV. ' .■•■•".Tfle following temporary appoint- [■'.! "ments have been, approved by. the Camp Commandant'at/Featherston: — j':.',',, GCoy., 12th.—Lce.-Corpls. L. C. J. j Sponce, H. Monohan, J. Reid, F. J. ; V Fleming to be corporals; Ptes. W. Wil- :-■'■'■ son, G. J. E. Smith, L. Leah, R. Al- - goe, R, Griffiths, B. Mohuika, T. Long, ! y; W. J. Toll, M. Berker, J. K. Wilson -.' to be lance-corporals.. ?;.- Lce.-Corpl. H. D. Fordo, N.Z.A.S.C, ;-;.' ; to be orderly-room' clerk; • Lce.-Corpls. '>■■' % M'Donald and K. Robertshaw, [.', N.Z.A.S.C., to be corporals for loth !-.' '' Reinforcements;'Lce.-Corpl. D. Evans, iV : N.Z.A.S.C, to be coriwral for lGth •r :■■.-Reinforcements;.. Lce.-Corpl. C. D. 'yyßuiMo, N.Z.A.S.C, to be corporal for '••: 16th Reinforcements; Ptcs. A. Latimer, !; Inf Sig'i Detachment, to bo sergeant; i;- Ptes. E.N. Tarrant and C. Todd, •. Inf.' Sig. Detachment, to be corporals;

Oorpis. A. J. Kelly, F. Ducker, J. ; Moore, H. V. ATnold, Headquarters Telephone Exchange, to'TTtf sergeants. The following men of tlie Headquarters Records Office to be sergeants:— Pte. A: F.Cantwell, Pte. J. Nicliolson, Pte. T. Aisker, Pte. N. H'. Stanley, Pte. A. Bamford, Lce.-Corpl. Barker. The following men have been appointed buglers to the undermentioned units: —A Coy., 12th, F.■■ Bound, to be sergeant, bugler; A Coy., 12tli, H. Innes Jones, to be bugler; B Coy., 12th, J. Hallwood, to be-corporal, bugler; C Coy'., 12th,'H. S. Bavistock; to be bugler; E- Coy., 12th, E. A. M'lntyre, to be bugler; F Coy., 12th, C. F. Stead, to bo bugler: G Coy., 12th, A. B. Hoskin,..'to be. bugler; H-Coy., 12th, N. Williamson, to be bugler. " Gifts to Featherston Cair.?. - The Camp Commandant at Featherston acknowledges , receipt of_ twelve cases of apples, kindly forwarded by Mr. Norman Johnson, Browrilea, Havelock North. These have been distributed, to A, B, and C Coys., 15th Reinforcements. The .Commandant also acknowledges receipt of sixteen oases fruit, kindly forwarded by Mrs. Holland, president of the Countess of Livorpoof Fund, Obristchurch. Threo cases fresh fruit have been distributed to 0 and F Companies, loth. Reinforcements, and thirteen oases jam -will be placed on board for Canterbury. men when 12th Reinforcements, embark.. Tho. 'Commandant; further acknowledges receipt of 58 cases of .fruit (addressed to LieutenantColonel; Andrews, Camp Hospital) .which has been ■distributed as iollows:—Hospital, • 7 'cases p staff officers, 1 case; •AlS,p., : 2. .cases- .Huts/1/ 2,. 3, 4, 4 cases /'.Headquarters hv'tents, -1 case: 14th'hifahtry,- 32 cases; Engineers, 10, cases:; Hut 37, I:case: total, 58 cases. ;'< The'''Commandant: has also received six parcels and one-case books, kindly .forwarded-by. ..-Mr. Joseph Piper, Pe'tone,-'' which:/have been distributed .to ■the; institutes,:.aiid four cases literature '(donor-unknown)/ V. -"/' 'THETROUBLE AT FEATHER-. k. ; \ ;'■'/■: STON CAMP \. .WHO.-WERE TO BLAME P •It was .stated in' the report' of the disturbance at Featherston Camp' on Monday night that the men of the 13th Reinforcements were the prime movers and central-figures. To this statement Lielit.-Colonel "Adams, .the Camp Commandant, takes exception. f'When the disturbance occurred," he says, ."the 13tli 'Reinforcements were out on night manoeuvres,: and therefore , could not ■possibly ..have been concerned ; , in the disorder. They.foel rather keenly on the matter, - and- I think it is only right that this should bo made public." "Hae the matter been sifted and the offenders identified as belonging to any, particular corps?" Lieut.-Cownei Adams ; was asked. "In th,e oircumstances," he'replied, "it is not'easy to get .proof. The disturbers ,of tho peace included odds and ends ■ 'from ' this, tlhat. and ' the other body—a few of the 13th, a few from the 12th, and so on. But the 13th Reinforcements, as a body, should not be regarded as the culprits."