ARMY COMMISSIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 29, 3 February 1916, Page 8

ARMY COMMISSIONS.

FOR RETURNED SOLDIERS,

SIX APPOINTMENTS MONTHLY

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) p

WELLINGTON, Wednesday..^

' An arrangement by which some oL;the' returned soldiers now injgNew Zealand may secure commissions'* with the reinforcements was explained to a reporter by the Minister for Defence. "We have decided to collect the names of possibly suitable men here, and send them to the! •'eneral for bis decision. Returned noncommissioned officers who desire to secure commissions, also privates who may think .hat they are able to qualify for commissioned rank, are invited to send their applications to the Defence Department in New Zealand. Applications will be referred to the general officer commanding, and he will select six men a month for commissions. Certain conditions may be laid down. It must he clearly understood by the men ' that applicants should be only those ■who feel that they have some right to be considered in the allocation of commissions. All applicants will require to be medically fit, and some men may require extra training before they leave New Zealand with the reinforcements, though they may not be required to take the full usual course. The fact that a man has fought in the trenches does not prove that he possesses full technical and general knowledge that fcri officer is remjired to paes."