DRILL-SERGEANT CAREY.
1 ■ TO THE EDITOR. Krp.,—lt Is with regret I learn of the dismissal of Drill-sergeant Carey, who ha 3 already done so much in bringing the Volunteer* into a state of even something approaching efficiency. None can be more sensible of the state of sation and want of thorough discipline in the Volunteer corps than themselves. To remedy this in some measure our late drill-sergeant (for a 3 such it seems lie mast now be designated) called upon the Volunteers, as freemen and soldiers, to pay more attention to their drill than they were accustomed to. Probably it is in this stern determination to fulfil his • duty honestly and faithfully we may find an excuse for doing away with his services, without even being informed why. If the Defence Minister and his departmental officers can do away with the services of their servants without cause, it is time to disband the Volunteers. Trusting the Defence Minister will, for the honor of the department over which he presides, give a full, fair, and impartial investigation into the charges preferred againt Drill-sergeant Carey, if there have been any, and I am not aware there have, —1 urn, &c, A VoiUNTEEJt. Wellington, January 23.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4320, 25 January 1875, Page 3
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203DRILL-SERGEANT CAREY. New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4320, 25 January 1875, Page 3
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