Volunteer Item

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 114, 20 March 1890, Page 3

Volunteer Item

The Manchester Rifles will parade tomorrow night for' drill and instruction, in tindress uniform. " A change has come over the spirit of the dream" of the Easter Encampment in "Wellington. - Definite arrangements have been made to coin vey the Nelson and Marlborough volunteers to and from Wellington, "by the Government steamer Hinemoae. . ....•■ The "Wanganui Herald says that an idea has got abroad, *ttd there may be reason for it, that the Action of the Government in not inviting" tb« Wanjrariui and, West Coast Battalion, will be caJUlnpon at two days notice to attend a v surprise cimp." while we may object to this method «f doing things, we cannot deny the right of _ the Department to call out the Volunteers in this style, an4/we. hope if this tt to be, that our xnejp will turn out well and show -what they cftn do. As there is just a bare JWobabiKty of this idea having some fouhKation m fact, we would advise the memieriTofthe several corps to be upon the' «lert in order to show that the country may rely on them to a man should their services be suddenly required, Mr A. D. "Willis hasVbeen elected Captairt, and Mr Dsy Lieutenant, of the "Wanganui City Rules.'"- \Ve congratulate this oorpS'On securing the services of the wort energetic man in Wanganui.