J. C. Reid - 'Some contributions to The Bulletin from 1886 onwards'

B 80

fonds

1886, 1893

Textual Records, Clippings

431794

1 volume - 0.02 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
Clippings

Newscuttings relating to news on dress, army inspections, conduct of ministers, lunatic asylum, rate of accidental deaths in New Zealand, shipment of rifles, kilts for Sydney Scottish Rifles [club], icebergs off coast of Tasmania, No.12 (Botany) Battery N.S.W. Volunteer Artillery warned for service on Bare Island, and J. Moriarty's opinion of B.R. Wise.
Letter addressed to the Editor, 4 Mar. 1893, requesting work as a metropolitan correspondent in Sydney (loose).
[Marching positions and dress parades - notes and diagrams. Includes:] II. Resuming close order; III. Forming line from column [and] Nok; IV. Forming Column from line; V. Wheeling a given number of paces on the left; VI. Wheeling on the centre to the right; VII. Wheeling backwards by sub-divisions from line; VIII. Open column of subdivisions wheeling into line; IX. Wheeling on a moveable pivot, & columns changing direction; X. Advancing from a flank in open column of subdivisions (or sections); XI. Marching past; XII. The Echellon March of subdivisions or sections; XIII. Taking ground to a flank in Echellon on the march; XIV. Marching on an alignment in open column of sub-divisions; XV. A column of subdivisions forming to the reverse of flank; XVI. A company marching in files forming to the front. XVII. A company marching as in file, right in front, forming to the reverse flank; XVIII. A company marching as in file, right in front, ... XIX. The diagonal march; XX. The side or closing step; XXI. Counter marching by ranks; XXII. Counter marching by files.

The newscuttings have been pasted into the front of this volume that was originally used to record army marching positions and dress parades. Some of original text has been obscured by the newscuttings.
Some pages are blank.
"D.S. Mitchell" signature on front endpaper.

Titled from front cover and title page.
"J.C. Reid" signature on front endpaper.
"1868" in black on front endpaper.