HAMILTON LIGHT INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2331, 18 June 1887, Page 2

HAMILTON LIGHT INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS.

Presentation of a Sword to Oapt. Reid. Prior to the dismissal of the men after parade last evening, Sergeant Connolly, in presenting Captain Reid with a handsome sword, subscribed for by the corps, read the following address :— To Captain Reid, Commanding Hamilton Light Infantry Volunteers. Sir,--On behalf of the non-commissioned officers and privates of the company it is my pleasing duty to ask your acceptance of this sword as a token of the high regard in which you are held by us, and as a slight acknowledgement of the energy and zeal displayed by you in organising the company and bringing it to its present state of efficiency. We earnestly hope that you may be spared to wear the.sword for many long years.—l am, dear Sir, on behalf of the company, A. Connolly, Sergeant. Captain Reid, in a few well-chosen remarks, returned thanks to the officers and men for their present. Mr W. A. Graham said it did the company great credit, making such a handsome present to their captain.- As regarded himself, he felt gratified at having been able to take an interest in the corps. The company had been started in face of former disappointments, and he was sure that when the inhabitants of Hamilton saw the men they would feel convinced that the members were in earnest. When in Auckland the other day, he heard the Hamilton Lierht Infantry: Volunteers highly praised, and also" their captain. They were a credit to New Zealand. Seeing that Captain Keid had not long been in the colonies, the presentation of a sword to him that evening, subscribed for by the men, must indeed be gratifying, and he trusted that their worthy captain would long be spared to wear it. (Cheers.) The chaplain of the corps (the Rev. R. O'C. Biggs) congratulated Captain Reid on the good feeling that existed between himself and his command, as evidenced by the presentation that evening, and trusted that it would long continue. The uniforms arrived in Hamilton yesterday. The company is now fully armed and equipped, and their first public appearance will be made at Church parade tomorrow morning.