DISTURBANCE AT SLING CAMP.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 May 1919, Page 6

DISTURBANCE AT SLING CAMP.

CHARGE OF MISMANAGEMENT. Auckland, May 12. Reference was made by one of the officers who returned by the Northumberland to the disturbance at Sling Camp in March last. He stated that no Aucklamlers were concerned in the riot, and that shortly before the trouble commenced the Auckland Battalion was removed to another camp at Larkhill, about three miles away, because of the large number of men arriving at Sling. One of the chief causes of dissatisfaction among the men at Sling was that many soldiers who recently arrived from New Zealand, and had never been in France, were given preference over the men who had been on active service for a considerable time in the matter of returning tt ,New Zealand. A great deal of mismanagement had taken place in regard to the embarkation of New Zealanders. Men were instructed to embark on t certain ship, and on the eve of doing so woro given fresh instructions. They were, naturally, greatly disappointed. A day or two latter information was'receivied' by the officers of Larkhii! Camp that a visit might be expected from some of the rioters ait Siing. These men duly arrived,, but the Auckland men refused to, haive anything to do with them!