MOUNTED RIFLES CAMP.

Shannon News, 19 April 1927, Page 2

MOUNTED RIFLES CAMP.

A imANGEMENTS. FOR TRAINING.' AT LEVIN. • The annual training camp for the Cth (Mana-watu) Mounted Rifles will be he'd on the Levin Racecourse from Tuesday, May Bid. to Friday, May 13th. Trainees from Wellington -and Palmersion North drill centres-will remain ?n ('■imp six (lavs (Sunday excluded). All nfuVers and N-C.O.'s will put m th>i full period. An-advance party-will enKm- camp on Api;il 30th. All ranks on the. ai-.-ive list of the Regiment must attend camp; only a doctor's or a magistKite's' certificate will excuse ab-

ronce.* - ■ ■ _ Horses will he taken to camp, and trainees will provide their own saddlery ■ and horse ni»\ The following will be issued in csi>v\p>: —Head collar and' rop'.s, nose-liaa;, and cleaning gear. Horse.. should In- newly shod before being takin to camp. l J av of "rank for six day.-? will b« given j. with free rations, bedding and quarters. Articles of lot must be limited to schedule published in camp. notice, and should be carried by m-n en foot or mounted to the nearestplaco, cf entrninniont. Transport of kit for journeys oveu' three miles may be claimed 'for where men are not also being carried. This applies to mounted men going to camp by road. All movements to camp will take pla:3 on Tuesday, May 3rd. Men must parade at stations 20 mantes in sdvane«. Headquarter wing and A squadron (Wellington) a\ ill depart from Thorndon "at 10.17 a.m. and arrive at Levin at 1.5 S p.m. - B squadron: Men without hoises from Palmerston ■ North, Rongotea, Gl-m Orona, and A okant ere will parade with kits on No. 4 platform, Palmerston North, at 1 p.m., avid the train will leave at 1.20, arriving at Levin at 3.2 S p.m. Men of this squadron making hor?es to camp will proceed by the San-dou-Eoy.ton road a.id wiii regiuate their march so as to arrive-in camp at; 4 [■.m. Men lining at Awammi, Kairanga, Palmerston North, Aokantcru 1 Mid near-by places, who have horses, will proceed by road via Fitzherbert bridge, Linton, Tokomaru, and Shannon/and arrive at the camp at 4 p.m. Where not otherwise provided for, bus lares .and meals must be paid for and a receipt produced in camp, where claims will be paid and return journey allowed for. Men without horses who are living south of Palmerston North, will entrain at the nearest station _ with' their kit and will travel by the No. 2 train. Men waiting to. be picked up at stations will fall in under the. senioi N.C.O. or soldier present, who will make a list of names for the stationmaster and conducting officer. \ No. 3 train, leaving Taihape at 10.10 a.m., will take members cf C squadion, from Taihape, Hunterville, Mirton, Bulls, Haleombe, Eeildiug and intermediate stations. The Apiti troop entrain at'Eeildiug. Men living at Unuitoi, Piri Piii, Komafco, .Raumai .and Ashhurst will leave Ashhurst by No-.. 4 train at 2.25,.p.m., and change at Palmerston to join No. 3 train, . , ..jj