TERRITORIAL CAMP.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 March 1917, Page 8

TERRITORIAL CAMP.

INSPECTION BY COLONEL HUME. The XTth (Taranaki) Regiment, which is_ undergoing its annual training at Waiwakaiho, was inspected by Colonel J. E. 'Hume, officer commanding the Wellington Military District, and Captain W. E. S. Furbv, assistant adjutant-gen-eral, yesterday. Speaking to a Daily News reporter subsequent to the inspection, Colonel Hume said he was convinced the men had benefited considerable' as the result of the period tliev had siient in camp. The training they were engaged in was necessarily of ail elementary nature, owing to the extreme youth of the Territorials, and their inexperience of drill and camp life._ The men had shown themselves to be ic(>en and diligent, while their discipline and behavimis on leave were exemplary. Colonel Hume said he was very pleased indeed with the results of the training, which reflected credit on the o.e. of the camp and his staff. The Waiwakaiho camp was one of the cleanest and neatest he had inspected. The men were we'll provided for in the way of' l ecrention, the C.E.M.S. and the Presbyterians having well-equipped marquees on the ground. The chaplains, Lieut.Colonel Evans and Captains Tate and Doolaghty, bad done work which was highly appreciated by all. Colonel Hume paid a tribute io the good work of those officers in the Territorials who held temporary commissions.