TERRITORIAL NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 66, 18 March 1915, Page 8

TERRITORIAL NOTES.

(By RIFLEMAN.) , PARADE DATES. To-«ig!ht,—A.Battery, D Company, Third Regiment. Saturday, 20th.—B Company Third Regi- . ment, j> Company. Third Regiment. Monday, 22nd infet. —Engineers, Post and Telegraph Corps. Tuesday, 23rd inst. —A Company Third Rtegimenit,, No. 3 Platoon (Onehunga); No. 6 Platoon (Devonport), and No. 7 Platoon (Birkemhead), Coast Defence Infamfcry. Thiirfeday, 25th.—A Battery. D Company Third' Regiment, No. 5 Platoon (Auckland); and No. 8 Platoon (Uortheote) Coast Defence Infantry. Saturday, 27fh. —B Company Third Regiment, Nras. 3 and 4 Platoons (Onsliunga) Coast Defence Jwtxatry. _. ■ ■ ■ TRAINING CAMPS. MiTch 5 to 25.—10 th (North. Auckland) Regiment at Ruatangaba, end D and E Squadrons 4tti (Waikato) M.R. at Tauranga. March 18 to 30.—Third (Auckland) Regiment,, and Noi 1 Field Ambulance, at Ofcihuhu. April 6 to 18.—Field Engineers and Divisional Signal Company, at Ngairuawuihia,- Sixth (Hauraki) Regimen*, at Paaroa, C Gattery (Hamilton), at 'Hamilton. April oto 27.—16 th (Waikato) Regiment at HamiMon. April 19 to 27.—A Battery (Auckland) at Brown's Bay. April HTtoMay I.—A, B, and C Squad- : ron.s Fourth (Waikato) M.R. and No. 5 Mounted Field Ambulance (less Darga--ville- section)., at Morrineville. JMiiy 3 to-15.—Mounted Signal Troop at 1 Hautapu and Third (Auckland) M.R., -at 'T> Pa papa. ■ I The extended period (April 9 to 27), fat-dwn. far-the Waikafo Infantry, includes eig-ht d'iye? company concentration "canip." '■.'"' INCIDENT OF THE BOER WAR. The-No. 1 (Auckland) Company, Post and Telegraph Corps, -will have a compulsion parade at the-Drill Hall on Monday (lecture .room, upstaira). Mr; T. W. Brown, First New Zealand South African Contingent, 'has" -kindly consented to deliver a. lecture on "The Engagement at Sannas. Post, 31st March, 1900. The Famous Ambuscade of Christian De Wet." Mr. Brown, i> well up in h» subject, and 'has had an extensive military experience, Sand the lecture will be exceedingly Hrtereetihgand instructive. MOUNTED RIFLE CLUB. The Auckland: Mounted Rifle Club has now a membership of 70. Oα Sunday last, some 50 members of the. club met under Captain Hutehinson and Lieutenant A. G. Quartley aad held a efoootjng competition-., . The. prize presented by i Captain Hutchioeoa for the best Individual score was-won by Lieutenant A. {Carr, and the .prize-for the- beet shooting I section,. presented by Lieutenant Carr, was won by v fchs ; section in. charge of Q.M. F. G: Maeeey (with Trumpeter Bust, Sgt. Beaton, and Piper Jdhcptone). .The shooting was excellent, marked improvement having been- ehown since the officers .in charge have given the meraibers instruction ill musketry. The dub ... holtla '. fortnightly mounted parades, ~ and the memheiß are now very proficient' in their-work. A eporte meeting, at which m&taxy manoeuvres will be -a special feature, ie shortly to be COAST DEFENDERS' CAMP. Thiß Tear's cttmp of the AticUcmnd Coast Defence Detachment, which mc struck on Saturday last, after a week of the, most favourable weather, was one of the most successful ever held. The programme of training for the sine days set out by the officials was carried out ulraofct without interruption, the only ■iteration in the arrangement being made when the camp mna visited by Colonel -J. E. Hume, Officer Commanding the District, and Colonel G. W. S. Patterson, the Goad* Defence Commander, who witEKE-aed an attack upon the "enemy V treneh.ee at the top; of a. ridge mbqre the camp, and' expressed their keen watnfai* 1 tion with the manner in which* the movement ytma ceiried out. All the work wae aoconrpUsihed by the mea with the meet sitieiactary reeulte, and at the same time the: lonerwst- inbaieat was displayed by .the men themselvee. y . .";.,• is Internal commotion. : The brackish nature of the waiter at the repent camp of the Auckland Coast Defianoe; Infantry. Detachment at Brown's Bay. was "reeponsible for a large amount of d«c<mjfort amongst the men, and for come fi'me-tihe caiise of the complaint, which wj3 accountingfor about 25 per cent of "the men being pot on .the »ek was a complete myeterv. At fiiist it waa thought that the doctor had been taking advantage_of an opartunity-to exper\ment; ■upon_ the men. by doping tie rittqM_, but tais idea, was coon banished wjten-it, was noticed that the officere were suffering as keenly ac tZte rank and file. X was loUpwed by many opinione expresßed by "autioritiße" throughout W?-. camp, and'; .; it was lemarkeach new epl-inition of JljK .eickneas :became known. Manr ettggestied Ttliait the'<9jaage of life, and d «* but it was HK?e univensally recognked t*at the water was at fault. When a euppry of better Twuter toad been obtained, It was evident, that this wae the eource of the trouble, and after that .there wae a .diecreaeaN.m the number awaitinjr atfeniapn at the doctor'e tent each morning;- : . ' .j THE WEBSTER CUP. • - T w e ;j" W f te l * eE Cup , '- competition will t « 8t - en^e on the afternoon of Saturday, 24th April. Competitors journey, to the Penrose rifle range_ by the 1,13 p.m. train. The above date has been arranged by the dietrict musketry instructor, Major M 3f Atkueon, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment." ' Ihe .conditions provide that the Webster- Cup teha/he competed for annually in the month of April, by teams of ten men from the undermentioned units :—«A" Battery "G" Signal Company; Mounted Signal Troop, of the 1 Md 2 Companies of the Railway Engineers, and No 1 Company of the P. and T. Corps "

- TO EACH HIS The correct designation of military '■= medical officers is, according to reak,"--lieutenant,. _cap_tain J major, lieutenantcolonel, with the letten "H.Z.M.c* after the ofßcer'3 name, thaa. LieutColonel W. H. Parkes, NJSJIC.,P.M;o.Auckland district; or Lieut-ColonaT Tracy Inglis, N.ZJLC; or Major j Hardie Neil, or Captain t R L. Atkinson, ~SJZM.C. All officers''(i the Medical Corps have combatant-rank, and the "'N.Z.M.C." indicates the unit of the forces in which the/ hold their commissions. It is entirely incorrect to use such an expreseioa as Surgeon-Cap-tain or Surgeon-Majer. The same observations apply to charilains, fourth-daes ranking as captains third-class as niajore, second-das 3ai ' lieutenant-colonels, and first-class a» colonels. The usual title is, the : Rev. Howard Elliott, Chaplain of the Forces"' or the Rev. W. G. Monckton, Chaplain-; of the Forces; or the Rev.' Father Hoibrook, Chaplain of the Forces. 'It - would be equally correct, however,' to -: say Captain Howard Elliott* Chaplain's Department, or ' Captain :W. G. ilonckton, Chaplajn's. Department, or Captain H. : ; F. : ' : Holbrook, N.Z. Chaplain's Department : Such terms, howei'er, as Chaplain-Cap-tain, Chaplain-Major, and so on, afeoufc ;S of order. If the chaplain is attached . to your own unit you will probably call him "Padre" to hie face, and' refer to him, behind his back, as "the Pilot,* lor the "Aerial Guide." You wilCfae ■' safe, at all time, if you My "Sir."' : '• TIPS ABOUT FIRE ORDERS."'. ' ■ Some concise notes that have.'.been iseued concerning Fire Orders' are . worthy of serious study by Fire Coitf A manders, and by those who have.reasonable prospects of being called :iipoa to assume the duties of Fire Com- - mander. For instance:— A Fire Order is divided intp'/threi' parti—4a) The sighting elevation 7-7(b)"£V the point of aim; and (c) the executive 7r word "Fire" or "Rapid Fire.".."Give sufficient pause between a,' b,. and'"c, Ito let men adjust sight, etc. _'"■.'' ! . Fire. Commanders should avoid— (a) Unnecessary, or confusing detail;' and .•-■■. , (b) repitition —for example, of the .point ■'• !of aim, or sighting elevation," if- the target ie not changed 'after\-a* ft in the firing. • . . •'"' The number and.length otif: command depend on —(a) the: situation; V and (b) the visibility of. the point pf ■'■% aim. - : ' . ■-.'.-. -;V Types of orders, given only as guides it * should be observed, are thus - '•et-r':.' v Normal—"llooC—at the "gni| —fire!" or (b) "850—at the right enij of-cliff —fire!" or (c) '"'7507-at the'squid - ' advancing—one width right—fire!" " : (d) Detailed (1) finger method-. •1100—solitary rock—left—two —at the left hand man of the group—■;.■;. fire"; or (2) Clock and finger "950—solitary rock—left!— 7 . two fingers—at the. machine gun—npii | fire"; or (3) "1100—solitary rock—left ' on e haild—-clump of the left >, hand tree—fire." (Note.—Not "'•At tSe , left hand tTee of the dump.?) ■;.-.■. (c) Anticipatory. —Preparations mtyiff, : : be made for the enemy who, it is knbnii, must appear from. behind some cover. - or who is approaching some obstade. The sighting elevation and range esur''' be given in anticipatjoni. ..,, .- ;"^ (f) Hasty.—Usually only employed if v.' the enemy" is at very close range, ana ■. generally "ac the result of Am- ; order of, this , type shojijd. be. i3«u«d only under" most exceptional: circum- y stances. "Half left—extend—fire!" (g). Combined Sights— elevations are given; and (h)yAjtofijJESp up or down —"At the reinforceinerts—,--aim at neck." • Altering sighting elevation may ■»»-/: ordered in either of two- "waya," as, (»)J-,. fresh sighting elevation isghrea. For example,* when" firing at : ; 900 "850," -or "750"; or (b) the u origJMl|j| elevation may be modified. For exaarjfc, .' "50 up," or "50 dow^i. ,, In almost every ease name the 'nnie- . ber of rounds in rapid fire, i» ordet'te/V* assist control.' .' ' '