OUR SOLDIERS.
By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, last night.
There are now a large number ot horses in the lines at the Ninth Contingent camp, and a good start has been made with the mounted drill. A start has been made with the 'establishment of a Battalion Brass Band, and a practice will be held regularly. Captain W. F. Henderson (late of the Hokianga Mounted Rilles), who has been in camp for the last week, received a notification to-day that he will receive a commission of captain in command of a squadron in the Ninth Contingent. Captain Elliott, of the Huntly Rifles, has received a notice from the Defence Department, that his application for a commission is under consideration.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 345, 20 February 1902, Page 2
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118OUR SOLDIERS. Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 345, 20 February 1902, Page 2
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