THE EUROPEAN WAR.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 234, 29 September 1914, Page 2

THE EUROPEAN WAR.

The Expeditionary Forco.

ITo RETURN TO AUCKLAND. In accordance with tha nlfcreil plan of the Imperial Government, arrangements will be msd\j for a continuance of usrful training for the memburß of the Expeditionary Force du'ing the periol which will elapre before it luaves these shores. The two Auckland trojpjhips contiin about 1)00 ho-scs —4OU on the Star of India and 500 oi the Waimana - and these arc beliiK brought ashore and stitioned at eami> the site of which has yet to be tixcJ. It hi been dtlinitely decided that U)«: infantry and oth:r unmounted units ahull not go again into cimn, lut shall remain In quirtora cn the troopships and do their trainiig ashore. Tho mounted s(| jadron will, of courje, go into camp wiili their horses. The camp site at Eysom will not rgain be used. I'hs grounds arc not avail able, but in any ca-:c it is generally agreed that they are not suitable for camp purposes. The ground ii of a still", r.on-poruui nature, und it was only the extreme good fortune of such a lon* spell of line weather that enabled tie mobilisation camp to be maintained there successfully over such a lengthy period. Lieut -Colonel C. E. R. Mackcsy, O.C. the Auckland Regiment of Mounted Rifles, who ii also OlliccrCommanding the Auckland Contingent on Transports No, 8 and No. 12, tolJ a reporter that he had not yet received hia ordjrs from headquarteis, but he assumed that they would ba on tho lines of tho Minister's announcement. So soon as instructions came he would decidj upo.i a cfdmp and mike arrangements to get tho horses ashore. The Epsom site would not have been used any more in any case. Colonel Mackasv stated also that there would not ba any leave from the Iriopelnps in the meantime WnY THEY CAME HACK. Doos this indicato tho reason ? -A telegram from Wellington on Monday stated : "On Wednesday evening, and till further notice, tho lowlovel light at l'encarrow Heads will be extinguished and tho high-level light will not bo shown seaward. It is also announcod that tho fug-gun will not be fired until further notice." Tho reason for there boing no news from tho navy and why tho public knows nothing in regard to the despatch of our troops is well explained by tho following extract from a letter received in Wellington from a midshipman in tho navy " Strict regulations have boon issuod which do not allow us to say what ship we are in, whore wo are, whore wo are going, w hat wo havo beou or are doijig, or anything at all about tho navy or tho war, so I can give you no nows whatever. I am nut allowed to say what my rank is, what the ship is like, or how wo are getting un. 1 can only say that I amcjuite woll and enjoying thiugs tromonduusly."