MOUNTED RIFLES.
Evidence that the youth of the town and district are taking a more active interest in the Territorial movement was afforded at the fortnightly parade, this week, of the Woodville troop of the Wellington-East Coast Mounted Rifles, when five more new recruits paraded, making a total of nine enlistments for the past month. Good progress is being maintained in the troop’s work and an encouraging standard of efficiency is being shown. Squad drill at the parade was taken by Corporals D. A. Wareham and McIntyre. Lance-Corporal A. Compton, under the supervision of Sergeant D. Baker and Sergeant-Major T. O’Brien. A feature of the instruction was a practice rifle shoot over 25 yards. The scores ' registered were : —Corporal Wareham, Troopers Pearce, J. Dickins, T. Dodd 25 (possible), TroopersW. Toogood, Symonds, Sergeant Baker 24, Corporal Mclntyre, Troopers, W. Shooter, L. Watkins, C. Mabey 23, Lance-Corporal A Compton, Trooper AV. Cook 22, Sergeant-Major O’Brien, Troopers R. Mabey. Goff, L. Leach 21, .Trooper C. Oliver 19, Troopers . Tomlinson, F. Rossiter 18, Troopers, J. Nicol, A. Mills 15, Trooper J. Hurley 13, Trooper D. Vogt 9,- Troopers AV. Stock and L. A\ T etherby 5.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 156, 1 June 1940, Page 8
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192MOUNTED RIFLES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 156, 1 June 1940, Page 8
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