TERRITORIAL CAMPS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8356, 17 February 1913, Page 11

TERRITORIAL CAMPS

GOOD WORK BEING DONE. sth REGIMENT, D BATTERY, AND GARRISON ARTILLERY. Good work is being done at th© annual training camp of the sth Wellington Regiment at Trentham. There are between 500 and 600 men. under canvas, Major A. A. Corrigan being in command. Assisting him are Majors’Cowles, Esson, and Beero. Captain Richardson, of the staff corps, is performing the duties of adjutant. Tho D Battery, under Major t’etherick, is also in camp. A serviceable method is being adopted in regard to the supplying of rations. Everything is cooked at a depot on tho reclaimed land at Thomdon, the ovens invented by Lieutenant Roberts being used. The meals are then transported by rail to Trentham. Every detail is carried out to a nicety, and the result is that nothing but praise is heard on all sides at “the front." , ,j-'.. • Though disappointed at having no guns to use, the D Battery is undergoing its instructional work without complaint. Packing practice was carried out on Saturday and yesterday. The Battery marched, under service conditions, to Pahautanui, which was reached about midday. A halt was there mads for the rest of the day. This morning a start -will bo made for Paekakariki, which it is expected to reach in the middle of the day. To-morrow tho Battery will .proceed to Waikanae, and on Wednesday tho return journey will be made on the same route. Camp will be reached in time for inspection by th© commandant on Friday. For most of the transport work mules and pack-horses are being used, and it is certain that the “trek” will be of much value to all who take part,. Saturday was spent by the sth Regiment in physical drill, company drill, visual training and judging distances, battalion drill, company training, and construction of fire trenches. At 7 o’clock yesterday morning “roll'call" took place, and at'half-past 10 a church parade was held. In the afternoon officers made a reconnaissance report of positions selected for the field manoeuvres. To-day physical drill will be indulged in between 6.30 a.m. and 7 a.m., from 8.30 to halfpast 9 is to he spent in battalion drill, company training (fire trenches) is to he carried out between 9.45 and noon, company training (the attack) being practised between 1.30 p.m. and 4 p.m. A comprehensive programme has been arranged for the rest of the week. This year the work is not of such an elementary nature as it was last year, all ranks having profited greatly,, (both by tho camp of 1912, which was the first the sth Regiment had held, and the instruction received during the year. Tire three companies comprising the Wellington Garrison Artillery Division are carrying out their important duties in a commendable maimer at their respective camps. Out of a total strength of 287, 253 are in camp. No. 3 Company, under Captain Brown, is at Fort Dorset, No. 9 Company, in charge of Captain Hume, is at Fort Ballance, and No. 5 Company, under Major Bevan, is at Fort Kelburne. Lieutenant Richmond, of tho Royal New Zealand Artillery, is adjutant of tho division. Firing from the various batteries will take place every morning and afternoon. To-morrow, all th© units of th© Coast Defence Command are to be inspected by Colonel E. W. Chayter, Officer Commanding th© Wellington Histrict, and on Friday they will he inspected by the Commandant, Major-General Godley. _ , The Territorials at Trentham are to take part in combined training under direction of the Corfet Defence Commander (Lieutenant-Colon©! Gr. ■!■'• G. Campbell) on Wednesday and on Friday. No. 5 Company, Peton© Navals, attended a parade at St. Augustine s Church yesterday. There was a full muster, and a stirring address suitable to the occasion was. delivered by the Kev. G. B. Stevenson. In the evening Mr Leonard Isitt addressed a well-attended meeting on “Temperance."