OUR SOLDIERS.
By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, last night. There are now 497 horses in camp. All have been branded with the regimental numbers on the hoof, and allotted to troopers whose numbers correspond.
Yet.-Surgeon Mathews, who goes to South Africa with the Contingent, with rank of captain in the North Island Battalion, expresses himself highly pleased with the class of horses in the lines. He considered that the horses of the Ninth Contingent, are as good as any that have been sent away yet. Yet.-Surgeon Mathews has himself two very good wellbred charges in the horse line, one a full brother to the racehorse Hotu, and the other, a son of Megaphone. This afternoon Captain O’Brien, officercommanding tho camp, was engaged appointing non-commissioned officers. A great deal of care has been taken in the selecting of sergeants and corporals, and those non-commissioned officers who are appointed will have fully earned their stripes. Farriers and saddlers of the battalion are also being appointed. Vet.Surgeon Captain Mathews made selection subject to approval of the officer commanding. There are sixteen farriersergeants to go to the battalion.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 355, 4 March 1902, Page 2
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183OUR SOLDIERS. Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 355, 4 March 1902, Page 2
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