OUR VOLUNTEERS.
..u.n-n <i:-. = . vT9 editor . 1 Sir. — Rumors are rife at the present ttimtotaft tditlieipriibability -of a few of our loc.il defenders being invited to take part r in,,jthe pending,; demonstrations at the .. . . ; . ... , :: "■. '■■_ / .^,'may asfe, f sirhether the present systemQfilnlijng^inadimly lightt;^ hall, will "'jthfrn for. the undertaking,; or activeseFviee o,f any, kind, as the probability of is v tc6nsiiJeivith'e 'only robject, for A axm's^!^?,'iar|),spppiied^r.l have no doubt on u r local Volur^teei;s ? are, fully- :embued t ,with moral courage, but .this alone is not Isuj^'dpnt^fo jcope.^ith theVNatives, with- ' psj: ( j'a' knowledge .'of skirmishing, &c, '\Vhieh can'never be acg,uired m a hall or .drlLshed* - . Tt is usual m "all other town,. Mfrips^^olvftiteerstodrillm the day- 1 i !i atiTeaslfoL.a couple of hour?, once T»r twice m the month: such., does not Q=ike place in' fcalmerston. AJthou*h for gfi vp n ,^vears ,a vo.lunteer, p never on one ;occk^o;rildiifingthat time, did drill t^ke baEiror^beS, ahhough ftneswee tyfr idtljpe'n forced^ for non-attendance. It r may be, cUsiieried, presumption, to refer itffthis 1 raarfieV. ! It,is l npne the less, reason':iHld,:to'expect'that any one enrolled as a Volunteer, "should be prepared to devote,. i; twV»' ho.'urs of day-light^ at least once a mon'tn^tbthe'rioWe art of self <lefen«;e.. Fai'i ! >w such, it" is only time and. money ;; Waitedl ! ußprdfitabie :> amusement.'- -I am* Etbs Fbont^
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Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 165, 19 October 1881, Page 2
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217OUR VOLUNTEERS. Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 165, 19 October 1881, Page 2
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