The Military Encampment.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7804, 22 April 1905, Page 2

The Military Encampment.

It was under the most unpromising weather conditions that the troops participating went into camp at Waiwakaiho, but they may philosophically reflect that practical exlei ience of 'the conditions to be. met [with 1 in ti}G held will add to the |encampment as u medium of trainling, Thursday opened with boister- ! ous wet weather, which has continued sinci; in intermittent bursts. Fortunately the site of the encampment is un advantageous one fi.r Hie purpose, and as- the ten s were wo.I pitclu-d when the ground was dry matters are not so uncoinforttiiil> as they otherwise would have been. 1 lie discouraging conditions pos. sibly had some effect upon the. lMi'call, but s ill the number under canvas approaches (500. | —Arrival in Camp.— ] The Stratford Mounted Hitles worn the first to enter 011 the scene, arriving in camp at 3.30 on ThursIday afternoon. The headiquarte." Ic-uupanies of thu West. Coast llatiallion, the Taranaki Uil'es and UuarJs. marched out from town in the evening, arriving at their destination at |B.oU p.m., the remainder of the battalion putting in an appearance at 11 p.lll. The Second Battalion, comprising the I'aluierston, Wanganui companies ..and also the Ilunterville Mounted Kifles, did not arrive till 4, a.lll. 011 Good Friday, and, pro-co-ding to camp, were welcomed with a soaking downpour of rain. —l'arudo State.— ' Colonel W. JJ, Webb, the Officer Commanding the Wellington District, is director of manoeuvres iu n d uinpiinj-in-chiel; Major L. J. Joyce, chief staff officer ; and Captains JSobiuson, K.E., and D. Friiigle, umpires. °

The officer commanding the camri is Lieut.-Colonel J). .I'. Watt V D Thq following i s the parufie'state': Second itattulion is under the 2 1 *» AcUte-MaJor Captain Batten, the battalion officers* bein« Acting-adjutant, Captain Swan ; acwag pay and .quartermaster, Lieutenant Armstrong, I lJoial Wilts, ao, Lieut. Ygunjt • Rilies, 29, Captain RedrX* t e "r H° X ' ral, " crst on North '! i P u ta Mounsey, Lieut. , ur '" > Manchester Rifles, 25 Can-' tain Barltrop, Lieut. Pleasants • . er Bja"uts ß j a "uts o M UrdS ' 37, Captain Hal ' : W Hi^nd ay i a i (;aU ro ; c a '! g<l " , I'ulmersioii Guards °6 Cantain AlcMurray ; Ca«tle YVimT Ueut^ iH .° U,nS ; lriHh 3l', •. ■ ' ; Wantranui Our '' rhu Mr" 1 ' JjUl " i " lustc 'r yreigiliton. tt oStafn ttj C Rifles, 2i, Captain 0 : """"ai'asf'i"! t fc S ' f^'cSin •Stratford iti<l,..s 2 y umi <~Mark. t'enanf U. is? - *A'w^srt

T1 Camp Arrangements.— Coi'ra'ble"nd' 'the ho M h : 8 r v i out i ° , onl J complaints are in »,■ ■nstance-s where the tentt as the result of wear V„t Tone u'nt " re "r oncers'" and men have their meals in theii tentif iiid » lent ' is "' e,! stocked and a lew of tl u . men have >h<vn Ll | V n t . C - U i f ° r " linol ' nil »>onts. A subj. antial canteen, conducted by j\] r IL a° h y ' ° f th ° HWta, ' a »W i. s,arin l i Vlf ' S: . bUSineSS - 7110 con.od n I h !s wclJ , „ Uk "Jnes. o! active sorvicu itsowirtc E t UCh C01 "P a »y ma Ices ■lb own accounts, and orders wliatimdents to the Quartermaster toi be made up by the contractor, who defers them the ordcrli^.Ea Ch company has «, s,,pa rato Coolij ™ orn "rS??' and whaV ed Tn ed. In this way there is no cause' for complaint, and the men to faie very woU indeod. There is a Jong row of cook's galleys facing 1 the riverside, and at m o al times a busy scone is presented.

„ —Friday's Work.— lhc field officer for the day on Good Friday was Major Malone. e . Captain of the day f or the an, 1 ! 1 . 1 ! 1 " Uat I tal . ion was Captain Page, and the Subaltern Lieutenant C. U. Lever. For the Second Battalion Lieutenant Young was Captain of , ~ I>a y. «nd Lieutenant Perrin, 8uIXUtCTfIi

The Second Battalion having url™i' n cam Pot a lute hour, were ?n. M-u ' o r" duty duVin e the uiorn!lK- Jhe I'ourfchi Battalion paraded in marching order at 9 a.m. for . » " -olk - I ,wo companies under Captain Mills, representing the enemy, were ordered to take up adoansue position near tile licwu Kewa pah, waflo thy remainder of the troops, under Lieutenant-Colonel Okey, represented the attacking partl. Jhe manoeuvres led to tho enJiiw i ' M*J Uk bcln 8 driv c« back in disoidei. lhe movements were in u'Uigently curried out by both oJlieers and men, but were marred to some extent by the heavy showers of lain Which tell at intervals The troops returned to camp pretty well droned after their work. ifr h Hi,t? e ° U(f U , uttal i° n I'uraded aftoi dinner, and weno marched in the direction of Waitara, with the work , iUIC throu ß*' ficld«oik, but shortly after starting a heavy downpour of rain interfered J operations, and Col () nel Watt ordered a, return to camp. Uuring the afternoon the U'anesi nui Guards took advantage oC ul "ko —hin/for'prtHfch heliograph, and thu «inJ rS ,VC!e eXC ™ Sed l " wfu:' iS ' Jn n llU ", d "" 1111 a number of selections, whicjt were much appreciated by the men arid the few vlsimak > • blaV(>d lhe ole "'cnts to "nhn ", lsl,ectioI > <»' the camp. in* r! r °? tinc u ' ork 01 ' "lountng = imids nnd pickets is riirldlv STSL thc Companies s£p,£ MM • " U,rnlie Brig-axle in the evenand tile Second ai)d Fourth liati.t'

, ~Clenei-al.— t.wEv I "? l Vt ' l "F nts will be Carried out , e lii.it detachments ena!n Th? r -Se " U ,' y 51151 at 7.40 Jhe general operations w'li So..t 4 P Z. an 1 ° I Cam " a " Kenwa.l leave will | x . issu^tV' o ]"' To-morrow will lw» -n, , 'service will ¥** ° bun * H: »-W- Of) 'Suiidny evi'ninocommencing « t s p.,,,.; ~. , vi .■ outpost i}uly. ■ ' '.V lx Ul!ik'],! li Tl f '"' 1 . a, " J of (.lie . A V.'tW (Jlpirph 4ve (or, ofliccv-s ajid n!w. l ', ! n o c ilmi l " to "f v-ste*- *■vAsre A -IpecjaT bus serviue is runnin.r I 1,1 n w;th