DISTRICT ORDERS.
The Heretaunga Mounted Rifles, Wellington City' Rifles, Wellington Guards, and Wellington Garrison Band will proceed by special train from Manawatu station >it 5.45 p.m. on Thursday, 11th April ; the Napier Naval Artillery, Napier Rifles, and supernumary bandsmen will proceed by special at 12.30 am. on Friday, 12th, taking up en r-uto tbe Hastings Hides, at 1.20 a.m. ; The Manawatu Mounted Rifles will inarch to camp on Tbursday evening, 11th, at an hour to be named by Captain Dunk (bag-g-ige by road) ; the Palmerston North Kifies will proceed by morning train at 6.30 on Friday, 12th ; tbe Manchester Ptifles will inarch into camp not later than Sp.monThursday, 11th; the Taranaki Rifles will proceed by ordinary train on Thursday, 11th, at 1 p.m., taking up at Inglewood the detachment of Hawera Mounted Rifles; at Hawera the remainder of the Mounted Rifles will join, and the whole proceed thence by special at 8.30 p. in , taking up Wairoa Mounted Rifles en route at Waverley, at 10 p.m. ; the Alexandra Cavalry, at their own request, will march to camp, forwarding baggage by rail ; tbe Wanganui Naval Artillery, Waugauui Rifles, and supernumery bandsmen will proceed by special at 11 40 p.m. on Thursday, 11th, taking up ni route the Royal Rifles at Marton at about 1.30 a.m. on Friday, 1 2th ; the Nelson Volunteers will proceed to camp from Foxton by ordinary train at 9 a.m. oa Friday, 12th. Corps of all arms proceeding to camp at Feilding will parade in " drill order" (which will be the only order of dress throughout the camp), with great coats and leggings, also haversacks containing knife, fork, spoon, plate, pannikin ; the baggage, consisting ot blankets, waterproof sheets, flannel shirt, towel, soap, and brushes will be made up en-banderole and labelled. Mounted rifles will provide a le .gth of picketing rope for their horses, also headstalls, nose-bags, and horse covers. A marchinsj in state will be furnished by the officer commanding such corps on arrival in camp. Officers on the unattached active list will attend camp for staff duties.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 238, 8 April 1895, Page 2
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342DISTRICT ORDERS. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 238, 8 April 1895, Page 2
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