THE TERRITORIALS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14940, 13 March 1912, Page 12

THE TERRITORIALS.

Br SENTINEL. Tits disbandmenfc of the Manunui Defence- Rifle Club has been gazetted.. Sergeant C. N. Newman has been appointed ;. a second-lieutenant in ; "A" Bat- • tery New Zealand Field Artillery. The Taumarunui Defence Rifle :■ Club has been transferred from the Auckland military' district' to the Wellington dis- ' trict. The establishment of second lieutenants of the 6th (Hauraki) Regiment has been completed by the appointment of E. J. '.Watts. . , Major-General Godley will inspect the 11th (North Auckland)" Mounted Rifles in «amp at Whangarei on Saturday, April ■27, instead of on Friday, April 26, as originally fixed. The Colonial Auxiliary Forces'' long service medal has been awarded to W. W. Higginson, lata sergeant, No. 1 Squadron, Waikato Mounted Rifles. At an . examination recently held at Whangarei Captain J. P. Stevenson, 15th (North Auckland) Regiment, and Captain R. W. Camming, 16th (Waikato) Regiment, qualified or promotion, to the rank of major. lieutenant-Colonel Allen Bell, officer commanding the 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles, has resigned his commission. Supernumerary Lieutenant-Colonel G. A. . Ward has been appointed lieutenantcolonel, and has taken .over LieutenantColonel Bell's duties. Officers commanding units are being instructed to,take steps immediately for the provision of rifle ranges, up to 600 yds, within an hour's walk of the headquarters of each troop ot, mounted rifles and section of infantry. jThis is an indication that now the tentorial scheme is in working order rifle practice »will be vigorously proceeded with.

H As was foreshadowed on this column a few weeks ago, the transfers of several officers to the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Carps lirar© been cancelled. The officers in the Auckland district, who are affected by the matter are: Lieutenants (V C Parker (>fcw Zealand Garrison Artillery), H. L. Slyfield (New Zealand Engineers), and V. Dunne (3rd Auckland Regiment)., and. Secimd-laeutemint R. C. Calbraith.

Examination boards will sitA at Auckland, Hamilton, and Whaugarei, on Wednesday and Thursday, March 20 and 21, to superintend ■ the examination of officers of the Territonal Force for promotion, in examinations *B" and "D.. The superintending officers 'will be-Auckland : Captain H. C. Nutsford, Adjutant 3rd. (Auckland) Mounted Bines. . Hamilton: Captain G. A. Xing, Adjutant 4th, (Waikato) Mounted Rifles. WloangaTei: Captain J. E. Barton. Brigade-Major Auckland Mounted Rifles Brigade. H Sine© the inception of the present defence scheme, the group officers have also acted as adjutants of the infantry regiments in their ; districts. But -the ' work of both departments, and especially of the* regiments, has grown to such an extent thai it has become impossible for one man to combine the two, and they are therefore being divided. The first change of this kind in the Auckland mili- , tary district has taken place in No. 1 group. Captain C. L. Hawkins wdl ■now act solely as adjutant of the 3rd .' Regiment ("Countess of, Ranfurly s Own/,'), and Lieutenant J. A. WaUinffford, X.Z.S.C.j musketry instructor, will combine with his other- duties the .work | ' of group officer., ■■~.■■■..■;!.■ Captains M. K. McCulloch and T. D. Pearce, unattached list, have been appointed maiors, for service with the senior i cadets. The following have been appointed captains in the senior cadets:— F. H. Batten (Rotorua), H. S. Hills (lanrangs), C. Meredith (Cambridge). A larg© number of second lieutenants have been .appointed, amongst them'being: *. - McDcrmott (Ponsonby), J. F. K. Hunter, R. D. Mclean, R. B. Morton, and L H. ■ O'Meara (King's College), G. P. Haffif (Cambridge), N. J: Howie (Mornnsville), J: A. Kay (Te Awarautu), B. Symes (Te : Aw&tnutu), and A. D. Dawson and H. M. Hammond (Ponsonby). l&;-'! vlr^S; »' t;; ■;.';:-;'■■ 'V':'; ;■'.'..- ■ "»-?•'■■■■;"—"■:■—■', ''V'; '■■r-y'-'r- ■' .■'■>'''-i The following paragraph" appears in 'district orders :— After consultation with representatives of the New Zealand Ama- ' teur Athletic .Association, the general officer commanding desires that athletic ; frames at camp be encouraged, and with this end in view would like any pro-, giamme of snorts to be'? on the lines laid down by tlie association rules. The prizes, as far as possible, should be trophies, gather than money, in order to avoid anv friction which would be caused by amateurs, ■as defined by the rules of the N.Z.A.A.A., competing against professionals. The association officials in the 'different centres have kindly offered to . help in the drafting of programmes, etc., ' i and with the loan of material. With a view to the competitors at the proposed games competing at association fixtures later, it is suggested that all events be "ran under the conditions- of; .the VK.Z.A.A.A." Copies of the N.Z.A.A.A. rules have been issued to the officers com- . m?jiding the ' various units. . . A circular memorandum issued from district headquarters remarks that some doubt appears to exist as to the position of men now serving in the Territorial Force and 'who are employed in {the Post and Telegraph and Railway Departments. The ; general officer commanding desares it to be distinctly, understood;.,:. that these men (railway workshops men excepted) must serve in the Post and Telegraph and Railway corps about to be formed. For this purpose such men are to be transferred from any other, unit of the Territorial Force in" which they may now be serving to the Post arid Telegraph and Railway "Corps, with the rank they,now hold. Future appointments and promotions in these unite will be made from among the officials and employees; of the departments \ , I concerned. ; ;..;"■; /',,'■,,..;, j. . . ' • The following promotions of non-com- ; tmissioned : officers of. the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment have been "made "A" Comi ; pany— Corporal t'v J. " C. Churches to be' 1 corporal, Private * ? R, E. Dowd'ing to be corporal; t, "B" Company—Private A.: Rankin to be lance-corporal, Private R. A. Edwards to be lance-corporal, . .'Private W. Love to be lance-corporal, private S. Crookbain to be lance-corporal, ' Private B. Fenton to be lance-corporal; "H " Company—Private R. W. KirkPatrick to be sergeant, Private A. S. P. "Brookfield to be sergeant, Private G. ,M. J': ' llmpey. to he sergeant, Private H. A. Twining to be corporal, Private J. G. Dykes to be-corporal, Private H. Biggs to ; ■ be corporal, Private C. H. Fuller to be lance-corporal, Private P. 3, Rutherford \C, to be'lance-corporal, find Private F. V. ;":..'"-'. Simpson to be lance-corporal. In some cases these promotions are subject to the necessary • examinations being passed. Colonel G. C. B. Wolfe, officer commanding the Auckland district, accompanied by the general staff officer, will visit the "following camps of units in the . ■ Auckland military district on the undermentioned dates Field Artillery Brigade, Infantry Signal Company, No. 3 Company N.Z. Engineers, show ground, Hamilton, Wednesday and Thursday March 13 and 7/ 14 ; 3rd (Aucklartd) Regiment, Papatoetoe, Wednesday and Thursday, March 20 and 21; 16th (Waikato) Regiment, Hamilton, ':; Friday and Saturday, March 22 and 23; h : Garrison Artillery, Devouport and Fort Bastion Tuesday and Wednesday, March 26 and 27; 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles, Wthangarei, Thursday and ;. Friday, April 25 and 26 ; 3rd (Auckland ' 'Mounted Rifles, rAvondale, Tuesday and Wednesday, May 7 and 8 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles, Rotorua, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, May 27, 28 and 29.