15th REINFORCEMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2835, 28 July 1916, Page 6

15th REINFORCEMENTS

SECOND DETACHMENT PARADES MARCH OUT TO-MORROW The second detachment of the Fifteenth Reinforcements will march through tho streets of tho city to-morrow afternoon, tho head of tho column being timed to pass Government Buildings at 3 p.m. The route to bo taken will be: Bunny Street, Lambton Quay, Willis Street, Manners Street, Lower Cuba Street, Jervois Quay, and Waterloo Quay. Lieut-Colonel 11. E. Pilkington will be in command of tho troops, whose order of march will bo as follows:— Mounted Rifles. Field Artillery. Engineers. N.Z. Signal Company. Infantry, B, £, H, and J Coys. Maori Details. Army Service Corps. Divisional Medical Corps. ' Divisional Veterinary Corps. Service dress will be worn, and greatcoats will be worn en bandolier, unless weather demands their use. There will be several bands distributed throughout tho column, and they will bo in charge of Bandmaster M'Coimsh. In connection with tho above parade, the Officer Commanding the Fifth (Wellington) Regiment (Lieutenant-Colonel \V. G. Duthie) baa ordered u compulsory half-day parade for the troops under his command. The regiment, .with drummers, will parade in Post Office Square to-mor-row at 2.30 p.m. <_.