TERRITORIAL NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 91, 17 April 1913, Page 8

TERRITORIAL NOTES.

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> The annual training camp ot the Auck i land Mounted Brigade will be held at Cam- . r bridge from Monday next, 21st-April, uni" , r the following Saturday week, — a Maj. . . Only two" of the Auckland mounted, regit meats, the Third and the Fourth, will as- , ■ sen—le at this camp, the great aifflculties . 1 of-transport lor horses making - it lnes- ~ pedient for the 14th (North Auckland) Rcgl- ' ment to be present. Lieutenant-Colonel Bloomfleld will com- ' I mand the Third (Auckland* M.R., wltu ( ' Major Wynyard as second in command, aud . ' Captain H. C. Nntsford, N_-S.C., as ad- ( 3 jutant. LieutenantColoncl Ware, of Tau- , 1 ranga, will command the Fourth (Waikato) * M.K., with Major Walker, of Cambridge, second in command, and Captain King, 1 N.Z.S.C, as adjutant. l ——— j r In the absence of Colonel Holgatc, who ,j I is at present oil a visit to Britain, Lieu- , tenant-Colonel Ward will be acting-brigadier , . for the: camp, and. Captain Nntsford will , be acting-brigade major. Captain Nutsford , will take over the duties of brigade-major and staff officer to the brigadier perma- , nently-after the camp, and Captain F. A. -j ! Wood, at present adjutant to the. 13th , B (North Auckland) Regiment (infantry), will , , succeed him as adjutant to the Third 1 (Auckland) M.B. Railway arrangements for the mounted ' camp have already been fully dealt witli J in these notes. The Third Regiment -will * arrive In Cambridge on the 21st in three relays—those who entrain at Papafcura arriving at 3.20 p.m.; from Remuera, Papai toetoe, Manurewa, and Pukekohe, arriving c at 0.20 p.m.; and from'Wellsford, Kaipara i- I"lats, Ahuroa, Kaukapakapa, Heleusville. - Waimauku, and Mt. Albert, arriving at 5.40 '- p.m. The i*gimental band will arrive at j Cambridge from Anckland at 3.20 p.m. on Friday, 25th April. The Rotorua con- ! tingent of the Fourth Regiment .will arrive j s at Cambridge at L4O p.m. on Tuesday, 22nd t April. < t When camp breaks n p the troopers will ■ I •leave Cambridge- as follows:—Contingent i l for the seven .stations, including Wellsford ' ! i a ? a -?f t - Albert, referred to above, leaving , , »« 7 * 20 am ' on 3rd, May; for Papakura, # Kemnera, and Anefcland (che bandsmen for i f axe city), at 8 a.m.; and for Pukekohe, - and Papatoefe at 9.45 a.m. , ? ™7h , Rotoru "' contingent of the Waikatos ' J™ I , eaTe at 1L25 am - The arrival and i Fo-irEfc" 1 ?, °f the otter Sf inadrons of the c £en?L,n c £ iment (other than the Rotorua' __3h_2ft b lr a *?„ st int «cst*ng proceeding. ™ p » n -.Hamnton and Cambridge and ♦ Tr™-*y DS d 4? trh:t * *<■-!» ride- inte camp. ~teP§ i $.a^sr m -?-*„„ Peasant and. appropriate to record -. \ « J-ome. and P _e C h P a S e ■%*!» at g trophy to be competed for *£L V fw " a _ W (Auckland? _ the Auek- i c "ot yet under-oni Vi^- y DJ vision who have 5 be hold at n « i d May, bo_.da« JnSSa <° 2it * . .. to each of the men I Pers °naJ notice ' s«_ __$_? S-^-aas y will be taken for absence unless sunnoried '" ft, i medical certificate* and tho?e who ' 0 fail to attend will be pretee*- agaiSst ac- ' T NecefsarFp-sona^ leqrtt ■ '■' ' I^ ck ? a in klt ba &- *"*- may be obtained the divisional ■ .aergidnt- ' major shall Jj c left at the Drill Shed"not i , f later 10 a.m. on the date above-men--' < t tioned,, Devonport men may leave their ■t baggage at the Devonport office of Mr, ET ' _ Kendall, carrier. Straw' for bedding will ' d be provided for those men who nrovldc < v themselves with a :serim palliasse. I Those - it who desire to attend camp for four extra '' h days' training will notify the adjutant ! a (Lieutenant AY. Q. ""—wish, _.N.Z.A.) before : Ist May,- and will be required to report at '. North -Head at- 2.30 p.m. on 12th.May. ' - Second Lieutenant R. A. Hogan has been posted to No. 7 Company, and Second < Lieutenant K. R. Foster to No. 6 Company. 1 Auckland Division. N.Z; -Garrison Artillery, - both appointments to take effect from 29th March. Instruction classes for junior ' , officers and N.C.O.'s of the Division desir- ', : ous of qualifying for promotion will tie held . at the Drill Hall on Wednesday and Friday evenings, at 7.30 -p.-n_, commenciug from ; to-morrow.. Officers and non-coms. - attend-. ■ ing tlie class will'be expected to have read i and studied the authorised manuals. ; O.C. ' i companies will not permit men unsuitable i i for promotion to non-commissioned rank' to > attend these classes. , '. *. -In recosniilon of the . long and valued •' 1 service given by Major G. >M. Burlinsqfi t in connection with the Junior Cadet move- ' , ment in N.-»w Zealand, the.> Defence Depart- j ment has * resolved: to retain him. in the- . -. enlarged : cadet service., with the foil rauk I of major.. He will have control of ;the < ,• cadet district, which Includes Otaki,'Mana- ] ' kau, Levin, and Shannon..; -Major:Burllnson, i I it is interesting to remember, was" one of £ the early masters at the Chapel ,Street ' school in Auckland, and he has had a distinguished career ; In. the. education ' ; branch-of the New Zealand Civil Service. » , ■ Territorials who are eligible to vote at the'next. Parliamentary 'election- should'be .». sure of attending their parades, otherwise 1 they run a risk of being deprived of-therr l franchise.. At the Wellington Magistrate's . . Court ' the other day, before Mr \W.' G. Rtddell, S.M-, a corporal „ a company was >. charged with .having failed"to attend a eer-. i train drill. ''How old are you?" Inquired . bis ' Worship. - "Twenty-two," replied • the ~ defendant. - '?Vcry well,", said Mr Riddell. ' - : "yon had better get your parades In or you , will lose your right to -vote at the nest . election." .' ■ Provisional regulations regardim? offenders' ■ 1 committed to-military, custody provide that : 5 offenders. may lie kept at any permanent barracks orfort, not being a prison'or police . gaol, -in which eel* accommodation exists, .- or other.place in which a lock-up' can be: 1 icxtemporise»[l!. - -Slcdommocatlon for those - committed must tie certified as suitable from s a medical point of view by a medical officer. ..On arrival at the, place of detention the 1 offender's civilian clothes will be removed.----5 and his tobacco, matches., money, and other I valuables, all- tb.be' returned on completion of sentence. Eacti offender will be modi- -! . ; .cally examined on. arrival; and arrange- ' • m'ents-win be made for medical attention. • t -Separate rooms or cells are provided. The '• r ' dally .routine will be as..fo^ows:—Rise ,'"' a.m.; physical drill, 6.30 to 7; breakfast, 1 7.30; 5.15 to 11 a.m.: (sweeping bar- . - racks, scrubbing floors,'cleaning,. eandipollshI ing armament, anj other fatigue work of a 'necessary or useful • character); .squad drill, . 11 a.m. till noon; dinner, 1—.15 p.m.;'fatigue. " 1 till 3.30 p.m.; -semaphore drii:, 3.48 till ■ I 4.30;' locked- up 4.30; tea, 5 p.m.; exercise '~- , yard, C till 6.30 p.m.; visit by corporal, or ' .private on duty between 7 and S,. p.m.; t. 5 lights out 9 p.n„ '* c ! r ','. ■ ':""; : ' -:—e_ f At'the end.of each training; year o'—ccrs r commanding eunit's will - forwarJl a list of , those.vN.C.O.'s; who wish to obtain com- ' missions, and whom ; they recommend as • 1 .suitable for-appointment as officers. -. These ' :. 'N.C.O.'s will v be required to attend a six- ' f days' course : of instruction, at the . end of which they will be examined. The names • \ ot those-who-qnallfy will be.placed on a 1 special list, from which, so far as possible - all' appointments to commissioned rank will ' . be.made. '> ? Copies-of forms.of application for. '■. t sion to the. Royal Military Collegeeof Ause ' I tralla have. been issued to each secondary > school, and may'also be obtained from the ' f Defence Office. • i -\ " Second Lieutenants • O; P. Johnson, C. F. ! A. C. M. Fih'.ayson, and R. W. t Colbrfck, 'litis Northt Anckland Mounted ,-. Rifles, and Second Lieutenant D." A. Fin- i ' layson. 15th North Auckland Regiment, qualified In subject A for promotion at the examination held at Wbangarelin March. ] 'A refresher- conrse for all members of - the permanent staff in Auckland district i *" wllll—bel* at Auckland from Monday,. 14th, i tiU Thnrsday, 31st. Jn:y, X—3, both days I—loeive.' ~,.' , . .'". ' at Is distinctly Illegal for military boots < to be obtnined for use by other than mem- •:

, oblisatory \ require to bo attendsd by i *UTOTWr«i officers before sitting for PJ^f^Sa 1 ttuYnext examination ln August. IMS. It'ls desirable that all offieW t .ln_any unit should be dressed. ence to recent orders on the • ttD J ec . x h * further order will be*lssued ggmsg officers may, having due *&&&sffl2 m %f make the change in dress when - tmltanie. -Mounted officers of. .'the may if they so desire wear °{\ leggings, the. only, aU officers, of. a unit m « t Iv . to ? c . d £&_ Sticks or canes'may o_Ujr. be caroea ».u « swords are. not worn. ;' ' ' ' .. . . The Engineers were perhaps .»*• l J*' d, worked, company in the at Pambridee. Their york, couslsUfg »*> • « SS'of iirench-dl g g» g . other really »trenuou« opereUons, niakta very heavy demands on the men, ana, fflffl deSaSyt gives them *!« appeUt^ .tt Eerho^S^^Wcod^ tWStei of &&£&*££,J* Snted „„-.., and open complaint -was. JnW by the unfailing tact .at some of the S'.•-. Much of the trouble was certainly mMthe smaU amoiint of food, but the bulk of the complaints v»re erected against the efforts hs assistants. Tho^pectacle.of.,a whoie company «^ D S fh^ orn ' n V a r^'their hands who had been trained for a.wetit Trentham. -...,- .'.--•. MOUNTED TROOPS.'•'"_.''.; PRESENTATION MEDALS,. ; (By Association.! CHRIBTCHURCH, Wednesday. General Godley visited - tho Mounted'Bri-J gade camp at Yaldhurst to-day. and, made.a close and thorough inspection of tbe lines. This afternoon there was a massed parade of the brigade. General Godley presented a 20 years' V.D. medal to Lieutenant-colonel the Hon. R. Heaton Rhodes, 12 years' service were presented to Deans, Lieutenant. McLennan, (sergeantMajor C. A. Lylc, Sergeant-Major P. Curran Sergeant-Major J. R. Cullen, Quarter-master-Sergeant G. Grey. QuartermasterSergeant R. Young,'Quartermaster-Sergeant C- E talker, Sergeant L. Blunden; J Sergeant G. Withers, Sergeant.C. B. Davis. Sergeant W. P. Creed, and Trooper W;. F. Turner, . . '