Otago Provincial Gazette – 1867 – No. 500

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✨ Military Training Analysis



Colonial Defence Office, Wellington, 15th August, 1867.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

OTAGO VOLUNTEERS.

ANALYSIS OF PRELIMINARY DRILL AND CLASS FIRING FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1867.

CORPS. STRENGTH OF NUMBER WHO HAVE ATTENDED PRELIMINARY DRILL. PRACTICE. FINAL CLASSIFICATIONS. REMARKS.
Efficients. Non-Efficients. Strength, 30th June 1867. 3rd Class. 2nd Class. | 1st Class. | Marksmen. |
Officers. Sergts. Buglers. Band. Volunteers. | Sergeants. | Buglers. | Volunteers. | Total. | Number. | Points. | Average. | Number. | Points. | Average. | Number. | Points. | Average. | 3rd Class. | 2nd Class. | 1st Class.
Dunedin Artillery ... 2 4 1 27 | 23 | 2 | ... | 57 | 29 | 832 | 45.51 | 28 | 932 | 40.56 | 15 | 439 | 29.26 | 3 | 5 | 17
Ditto Naval ... 2 3 ... 24 | 67 | 3 | ... | 98 | 35 | 1,138 | 42.14 | 16 | 540 | 39.75 | 8 | 210 | 26.25 | 3 | 7 | 22 | Forty-three recruits too late to practice.
Port Chalmers ditto ... 2 4 ... 29 | 8 | 3 | ... | 44 | 34 | 1,725 | 49.12 | 21 | 674 | 32.09 | 10 | 270 | 27.00 | 12 | 16 | ...
No. 1 City Guards Rifles ... 3 3 1 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 25 | 1,036 | 45.04 | 15 | 612 | 40.80 | 12 | 386 | 32.16 | 2 | 8 | 9
No. 2 Scottish ditto ... 3 3 1 37 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 63 | 34 | 1,273 | 49.15 | 16 | 621 | 38.81 | 7 | 207 | 29.83 | 2 | 10 | 15
No. 3 Bruce ditto ... 3 3 1 50 | 20 | 3 | ... | 86 | 33 | 1,381 | 45.24 | 16 | 557 | 34.81 | 7 | 112 | 21.74 | 5 | 9 | 28 | Thirty-one Waiholas contingent—no range.
No. 4 Wakari ditto ... 2 3 1 32 | 23 | ... | 2 | 53 | 47 | 1,638 | 46.50 | 26 | 898 | 33.28 | 16 | 410 | 26.18 | 3 | 10 | 9
No. 5 South District ditto ... 2 2 ... 31 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 28 | 567 | 29.84 | 9 | 227 | 25.22 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 8 | 16
No. 6 North Dunedin ditto ... 3 3 ... 24 | 19 | 2 | ... | 52 | 20 | | | | | | | | | ... | ... | 35 | Not practiced.
No. 7 East Taieri ditto ... 2 3 ... 26 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 31 | 1,276 | 49.07 | 20 | 702 | 35.10 | 6 | 178 | 29.66 | 2 | 9 | 5
No. 8 Oamaru ditto ... 2 ... ... 26 | 30 | ... | ... | 30 | ... | ... | | ... | | | | | | ... | 30 | No rifle range.
No. 9 West Taieri ditto ... 2 3 ... 29 | 8 | 3 | ... | 42 | 26 | 1,256 | 47.09 | 18 | 572 | 31.83 | 9 | 278 | 30.66 | 9 | 8 | 7 | Thirty-six boys, too young to practice.
No. 10 Cadet Company ditto ... 1 2 ... 24 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 63 | 24 | 596 | 27.00 | 4 | 106 | 27.00 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 14 | ... | ...
TOTALS ... 30 38 5 379 | 268 | 25 | 81 | 730 | 361 | 13,148 | 42.81 | 184 | 6,444 | 35.02 | 91 | 2,524 | 27.80 | 68 | 97 | 193

J. CAROILL,
Lieut.-Colonel Commanding Otago District.

JOHN BATHGATE,
Major.

JOHN JAMES ATKINSON,
Captain and Adjutant-Instructor.




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🛡️ Analysis of Preliminary Drill and Class Firing for Otago Volunteers

🛡️ Defence & Military
15 August 1867
Military Training, Otago Volunteers, Drill, Class Firing, 1867
  • T. M. Haultain
  • J. Caroill, Lieut.-Colonel Commanding Otago District
  • John Bathgate, Major
  • John James Atkinson, Captain and Adjutant-Instructor