Lieutenant-Colonel Newall

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 279, 1 June 1896, Page 3

Lieutenant-Colonel Newall

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There are very few efficient volunteers who will not endorse the views of the Mercury regarding the services of Lent--061. Newall, commanding the Wellington Volunteer district. Our contemporary sUtes that as a Color-Sergeant in the Ist Regiment of WaikatosheL served | with distinction dnring the Maori war, receiving thereafter the well-deserved ' promotion to the position of Sub-inspec-tor in th c N.Z. armed Constabulary j Force., He was! afterwards made Adjutant of the 'forces' mL Canterbury, where he proved himself the backbone of the volunteer movement. . About six years ago be was appointed to the command of this district. He has ability and great earnestness of purpose, overcoming all obstacles in the way of organisation and efficiency. Moreover, he is L, thoroughly appreciated by the_ Volunteers of all ranks throughout his large district: for although a strict disciplinarian, there is nothing of the martinet in bis composition, and in matters of practical detail he is always ready and Willing to teach "the raw recruits, or to give timely and serviceable hints _ to those more mature in the service. Colonel Newall has been to a large extent the medium of assisting to revolutionise the old methods of drill which proved so cumbersome in the past, and which have been superseded by others of a more modern nature, giving the men every opportunity by simplification pf performing those movements so necessary in perfecting themselves in drill. Sneh a valuable officer certainly deserves speedy promotion, and such would, meet with every appreciation from the volunteers who serve under him. ,* '. .