Easter Encampment
- - .y'-vylS-y ;y«h : y*-/'y ■• I PEK TJfNiTED PRESS ASSOCIATION. I " Wellington, March 18. Tjie arrangements for the Encampment at .palnierston North are now in a very 'forward staie. It is probable that the" following will be iippdin ted -.—Cavalry (four troops) under Captain ' Somuieiville, ' with V.Lomax as. Adjutant; Ar|til-. ipry, (three batteries), Major Me-_ ..' Credie "• Navals (f < mr batteries), C-aptaiu H. rB. Fitzherbert, with Captain Haselden a 9 Adjutant ; Rifle Companies. (which ..will be divided into -two ..battalions), Nelson, Marlborough, iand Napier contingents forming one 'battalion-, probably under d'Colonel Baillie, with Captains Frauklyn and '-'Rbgera- as •' Majors, and' Lieutenant Eieruan, as Adjutant ; and tho Wellington, VVanganui, and Taranaki r'ufeuyprobably " under Major Newall, \vith 1 Majors Ellis and Shannon as * MajorsV* and 7 Captain Hutchison as Adjutant: - Fifty ! of the Permanent ; Artillery, under Major Messenger, "will proceed to Paluiorston about the end of this week to pitch the camp, .7,ft^^u]^hlugTin. dofder'f or the arrival Aof the .Yplhateers. ' Over 1200 Volunteers, are expected to , take part, and they dwill be under the command •of ColonelsJPitt' and Hume, who willjbe j j)r.esent,_ but -not- <■ take command till y /Monday's operations. .. '
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 115, 21 March 1891, Page 4
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188Easter Encampment Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 115, 21 March 1891, Page 4
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