MILITARY MATTERS.
(Special to Times.,)
Wellington, last night. The ways of our Defence Department are strange. Tho ' other day the local navals went into camp for their annual training at the fort and found only four of the permanent force on duty. The bulk of the force, including men who have passed their examination as first-class gunners, were away digging trenches and grubbing tussock, etc., at Trentham, in preparation for the coming meeting of the New Zealand Rifle Association. The forts were consequently under-manned, and it is assumed remain so to-day. The condition of some of the guns is stated to be such as to require investigating at the hands of the new commandant.
The local battery of field artillery has a grievance which probably applies to those in other districts. The members are armed with obsolete carbines, nearly as dangerous to themselves as to an enemy, and are thus wholly debarred from participating in. shooting competitions or making themselves as proficient in the use of small arms as they are in handling big guns. So far the defence authorities cannot be persuaded to recognise the force of the complaints.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 339, 13 February 1902, Page 2
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