WAIKATO CAVALEY "C" TROOP.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1468, 29 November 1881, Page 3

WAIKATO CAVALEY "C" TROOP.

On S.ituiday— the last day of the drill — the numbers of the Hamilton Tioop were exe\cised in rapidity bdl practice on the nfle lange. After exeieise the men were drawn up in line and inspected by Col. Lyon. The troop having leniounted, Lieut. Jolinaon addressed them, and expressed the sorrow he felt at announcing his resignation. He said it was not necessary for him to give his reasons ior the step. It would be sufficient to say that they weie of a nature which did not admit of his making any choice. He felt that unless lie could devote the proper amount of time and attention to the troop he ought not to remain in it. During the years he had been in the troop lie had always tried to do his duty, but he fouud he could no longer spare the tune. Wherever he might go he would always look back with pleasure to the pleasant days that they had spent together. Three cheers were then given for Lieut. Johnson with great heartiness. Afterwards thd troop was addressed by Col. Lyon, who complimented the men on their appearance, but expressed regret that tlieie was not a better turn out than 23. He specially refened to the excellence of their liding and shooting, tie wished to make a remark or two about a matter which had appeared in the papers. At Te Awamutu, Captain Rutherford mentioned something about volunteering for the front, and that such a proposition should have come from the regiment. He agreed that it would have been better if Captain Whitaker had done so. It was a breach of etiquette, because they all belonged to one regiment. He did not intend to cast any reflection upon Captain Whitaker or the troop, nor did he go behind his back to say it. He since understood that a meeting at which it was resolved to offer the services of the troop to the Government was not called for that purpose. Captain Whitaker had told him that the batteries of artillery volunteered, not as a regiment, but separately. But he was under the impression that they did so through their commanding officer, Col. Pearce, or they ought to have done so. He regretted very much they were going to loose the services of such an efficient officer as Lieut. Johnson. That officer, when a member of the A.C. Force had served under hi-n, and had always done his duty in an efficient manner. The tioop then proceded to Hamilton, West where they wcie photographed by Mr Somen ille. On Sunday morning 27 members of the Hamilton troop paraded on foot in Sydney Square, and proceeded by the Hamilton Band playing sacred airs, marched to S. Peter's Church, where the Rev. Y. Lush, the new incumbent, preached an eloquent sermon on the duty which Christians might learn from the soldier.

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