MILITARY CHANGES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 58, 7 March 1912, Page 4

MILITARY CHANGES.

COLONEL ROBLV JOINS DHTSRU*. STAFF. UEtT-COL. WOLFE TAKES CO* MAKD. CEy Telegraph.-Fn*, A.0e1m0,,, WELUXGTOX, Wednesday. London, in accordance stt2f2B ment en-tered into by the over™, £8 nnons at the recent Imperial (It, T& that each should ofrtEft. its representative. wr 1 . Lieutenant-Colonel Wolfe is to hj. U during Colonel R% S yc.it.-Colonel Abbott will mnl .iA L»eul -Colonel Wolfe fa, Auckland miliUry distnet, these chanj* to date from June 20 next. l "* I W The following appointments take efli* from July 10 next:-Lieut.-toidnH W chop to command the Otago militarv£ tTffiti Lieut-Colonel Smyth, there to the command of th*'(2 district, vice lieut-Colonel H aw k£mß ceased). ™ GOOD WORK IX CAMP&

(By Telegraph—Press Association* WELLINGTON, Wednfesdi, ' After waiting fonr out of five came.'.. which Now Zealand Territor£K training. Major-General (Jodlev |«~ mandant of the forces) has return^

yuesiaoned about the. personnel ~& spirit of the camps. General GddleV* plied: "I was ve ry much pleased #ftfc the good pbymque and the e4c*H«,t2 pearance of the men who have te| these are zealoti, M f thusiastw. Thirty or forty »i tie ill (North Auckland) Reguneat, at Wki* garei, actually rode M mil«j M ,ffi they could get -to -camp in tune* +» Is there any sign of diwafisfJtfßjß over the element of 2J nothing except protests of a small «#. tton outside," replied the OeaehU There is not the faintest SttgpMoo $ resentment about the men in feafip. Mni who came reluctantly, being » Iritis fcj* afraid of what was going to happen. have expressed themselves as ittrfct* spent a happy time and they are kokipa forward to next season's camp. &mnl Wellington employers of men who earn* ed at Oring? have commented en thi fact that their men enjoyed it"

WOKE TO BE RELEASER. Jd

(By Telegraph.—Press Astocttl sal M WELLIXGTOK, The Prime Minister (Sir Jaifi' Ward), who is also Minister foT'Deitial announced •to-day that Cabinet had&' cided to release young Cooke, of Out*: •church, from gaol, where he was »er*i« a sentence of 14 days. "This has wi done with the incurrence, of the C# mandant (General Godlev)," exphWW Srr Joseph Ward. "The Act having 6eM' affirmed on a second occasion, there wal no desire to vindictively press it fll ther. Cooke will, therefore, be relentf at once."'

Major-General Godley in an in"tefrle4 ; said:-^- J "AII T can toy is thai Kftbing li further from the wish of mys,»H or tfiffl Defence authorities that men should suffer imprisonment on account of tail scheme," continued the Commandant. "In fact, sooner than have it pirieMU anybody, I would like to see toe Gerer* meat release him. T would like also to note that in Australia cadets, wio aWoi themselves from drill are placed tinMi detention for a period t»rtespondlif .-'.!• the drills missed, but I still hope that H may be possible for our scbcMt t& go 6a without-having resort to that tyitm.*