There was a very poor attendance of volunteers st Saturday's field operations, for out of an approximate strength of 1,000 officers and men, only about 300 assembled at Race Course to participate in the of noon's manmavres. No doubt the paucity of attendance was due to many sapposiog that the operations would not take place on account of the recent. wet weather and the consequent bad roads. The companies present at the Race Coarse and their numbers were as tallow Officers Men Engineers Customs American Chinese Portaguese The Light Horse also joined in operations, but no return of their nui bers was furnished to the Order Room staff, At about half-past two the volanteet began to arrive, and at 2.45 they ito line. The cold, biting wind tha blew frow the west, seemed to make thi en very aucomfortable, and many mad have been pleased when, twenty-tive minutes later, they moved off. Tht procession, headed by the Town Band) arched along the Babbling Well to Ferry Road. Here, the Portuga Company marched off and took up 4 position in a native village. The ida was that they represented a body raiders (many of whom were armed wid modern rifles) who had taken possess of the village, and had to be dislodge
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